From ec009f620c1573c1078074b762304cc8e56a1746 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Trott Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:51:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: revise BUILDING.md MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Copy-edit for clarity and brevity. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23966 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann Reviewed-By: Matheus Marchini Reviewed-By: James M Snell Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt --- BUILDING.md | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index 5b5ee2d636b3c6..7c5bd632f24ab0 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ file a new issue. ## Supported platforms This list of supported platforms is current as of the branch/release to -which it is attached. +which it belongs. ### Input @@ -57,21 +57,20 @@ Node.js relies on V8 and libuv. We adopt a subset of their supported platforms. ### Strategy -Support is divided into three tiers: +There are three support tiers: * **Tier 1**: Full test coverage and maintenance by the Node.js core team and the broader community. -* **Tier 2**: Full test coverage but more limited maintenance, - often provided by the vendor of the platform. -* **Experimental**: May not compile reliably or test suite may not pass. - These are often working to be promoted to Tier 2 but are not quite ready. - There is at least one individual actively providing maintenance and the team - is striving to broaden quality and reliability of support. +* **Tier 2**: Full test coverage. Limited maintenance, often provided by the + vendor of the platform. +* **Experimental**: May not compile or test suite may not pass. + These are often approaching Tier 2 support but are not quite ready. + There is at least one individual providing maintenance. ### Supported platforms The community does not build or test against end-of-life distributions (EoL). -Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node on end-of-life or unsupported +Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node.js on end-of-life or unsupported platforms in production. | System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes |