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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/old-protocol-removal.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/old-protocol-removal.md deleted file mode 100644 index c8c46228c..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/rl-next/old-protocol-removal.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ ---- -synopsis: "Lix no longer speaks the Nix remote-build worker protocol to clients or servers older than CppNix 2.3" -cls: [1207, 1208, 1206, 1205, 1204, 1203, 1479] -issues: [fj#325] -credits: [jade] -category: Breaking Changes ---- - -CppNix 2.3 was released in 2019, and is the new oldest supported version. We -will increase our support baseline in the future up to a final version of CppNix -2.18 (which may happen soon given that it is the only still-packaged and thus -still-tested >2.3 version), but this step already removes a significant amount -of dead, untested, code paths. - -Lix speaks the same version of the protocol as CppNix 2.18 and that fact will -never change in the future; the Lix plans to replace the protocol for evolution -will entail a complete incompatible replacement that will be supported in -parallel with the old protocol. Lix will thus retain remote build compatibility -with CppNix as long as CppNix maintains protocol compatibility with 2.18, and -as long as Lix retains legacy protocol support (which will likely be a long -time given that we plan to convert it to a frozen-in-time shim). |