Add 'Community Maintained' section to PLATFORMS.md

diff --git a/PLATFORMS b/PLATFORMS
index 0cf25654e5110ee879f5542ffad2ec8f4db71495..a9e9eab2a62a4be707edb92c2dab9301689f292f 100644 (file)
--- a/PLATFORMS
+++ b/PLATFORMS
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Server 2012 R2, none of these are tested regularly by ISC.
   * Windows 10 / x64
   * macOS 10.12+
   * Solaris 11
-  * FreeBSD 10.x
   * NetBSD
   * Other Linux distributions still supported by their vendors, such as:
       + Ubuntu 19.04+
@@ -56,6 +55,22 @@ Server 2012 R2, none of these are tested regularly by ISC.
   * OpenWRT/LEDE 17.01+
   * Other CPU architectures (mips, mipsel, sparc, ...)
 
+Community maintained
+
+These systems may not all have easily available the required dependencies
+for building BIND although it will be possible in many cases to compile
+those directly from source. The community and interested parties may wish
+to help with maintenance and we welcome patch contributions, although we
+cannot guarantee that we will accept them. All contributions will be
+assessed against the risk of adverse effect on officially supported
+platforms.
+
+  * Platforms past or close to their respective EOL dates, such as:
+      + Ubuntu 14.04, 18.10
+      + CentOS 6
+      + Debian Jessie
+      + FreeBSD 10.x
+
 Unsupported platforms
 
 These are platforms on which BIND 9.15 is known not to build or run:
@@ -69,6 +84,5 @@ These are platforms on which BIND 9.15 is known not to build or run:
     library)
   * Linux without NPTL (Native POSIX Thread Library)
   * Platforms where libuv cannot be compiled
-  * Platforms past their respective EOL date
 
 Platform quirks

diff --git a/PLATFORMS.md b/PLATFORMS.md
index 597753057368cb44bb54e1fa058c0fc12767cfb5..c5fbaeb3dcfd4533cff5979f45e0e7f4f7a52cf2 100644 (file)
--- a/PLATFORMS.md
+++ b/PLATFORMS.md
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Server 2012 R2, none of these are tested regularly by ISC.
 * Windows 10 / x64
 * macOS 10.12+
 * Solaris 11
-* FreeBSD 10.x
 * NetBSD
 * Other Linux distributions still supported by their vendors, such as:
     * Ubuntu 19.04+
@@ -62,6 +61,21 @@ Server 2012 R2, none of these are tested regularly by ISC.
 * OpenWRT/LEDE 17.01+
 * Other CPU architectures (mips, mipsel, sparc, ...)
 
+### Community maintained
+
+These systems may not all have easily available the required dependencies for
+building BIND although it will be possible in many cases to compile those
+directly from source. The community and interested parties may wish to help with
+maintenance and we welcome patch contributions, although we cannot guarantee
+that we will accept them.  All contributions will be assessed against the risk
+of adverse effect on officially supported platforms.
+
+* Platforms past or close to their respective EOL dates, such as:
+    * Ubuntu 14.04, 18.10
+    * CentOS 6
+    * Debian Jessie
+    * FreeBSD 10.x
+
 ## Unsupported platforms
 
 These are platforms on which BIND 9.15 is known *not* to build or run:
@@ -74,6 +88,5 @@ These are platforms on which BIND 9.15 is known *not* to build or run:
 * Platforms that don't support atomic operations (via compiler or library)
 * Linux without NPTL (Native POSIX Thread Library)
 * Platforms where libuv cannot be compiled
-* Platforms past their respective EOL date
 
 ## Platform quirks