Re: [xml] Intent to remove build systems for outdated platforms

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader gmail com>]

Hi Nick,

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:34 PM Nick Wellnhofer via xml <xml gnome org> wrote:
> I plan to remove several directories from the libxml2 repo containing build systems for outdated platforms.
>
> VxWorks
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tree/master/VxWorks
>
> Bakefile
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tree/master/bakefile
>
> MacOS 9
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tree/master/macos
>
> VMS
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tree/master/vms
>
> Windows CE
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tree/master/win32/wince
>
> Visual Studio 2010
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tree/master/win32/VC10
>
> These files haven’t been updated in 10+ years and most likely broken.

Rather than deleting them, how about moving them to archive/ or
similar. If they are archived they will still be available in case
some folks are using them.

In the case of Visual Studio 2010, the IDE will auto-update the
project files to whatever version is being used. So VS2010 is not
obsolete (yet).

Jeff