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@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ For Botan 2, the tier-1 supported platforms are
* Windows x86-64, Visual C++ 2013 and 2015
These platforms are all tested by continuous integration, and the developers
-have access to hardware in order to develop and test patches. Problems affecting
-these platforms are considered release blockers.
+have access to hardware in order to test patches. Problems affecting these
+platforms are considered release blockers.
For Botan 2, the tier-2 supported platforms are
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ able to help. But they are not as well tested as tier-1.
Of course many other modern OSes such as OpenBSD, NetBSD, AIX, Solaris or QNX
are also probably fine (Botan has been tested on all of them successfully in the
-past), but the developers do not run these OSes and may not be able to help so
-much in debugging problems. Patches to improve the build for these platforms are
-welcome. Note that as a policy Botan does not support any OS which is not
-supported by its original vendor; any such EOLed systems that are still running
-are unpatched and insecure.
+past), but none of the core developers run these OSes and may not be able to
+help so much in debugging problems. Patches to improve the build for these
+platforms are welcome. Note that as a policy Botan does not support any OS which
+is not supported by its original vendor; any such EOLed systems that are still
+running are unpatched and insecure.
In theory any working C++11 compiler is fine but in practice, we only test with
GCC, Clang, and Visual C++. There is support in the build system for several