Support Information
=======================

Supported Platforms
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For Botan 2, the tier-1 supported platforms are

* Linux x86-64, GCC 4.8 or higher
* Linux x86-64, Clang 3.5 or higher
* Linux aarch64, GCC 4.8+
* Linux ppc64le, GCC 8.1+
* Windows x86-64, Visual C++ 2015 and 2017

These platforms are all tested by continuous integration, and the developers
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

* Linux x86-32, GCC 4.8+
* Linux arm32, GCC 4.8+
* Windows x86-64, MinGW GCC
* macOS x86-64, XCode Clang
* iOS aarch64, XCode Clang
* Android aarch64, NDK Clang
* FreeBSD x86-64, Clang 3.8+

Some (but not all) of the tier-2 platforms are tested by CI. Everything should
work, and if problems are encountered, the developers will probably be able to
help. But they are not as carefully tested as tier-1.

Of course most other modern OSes such as QNX, AIX, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris
also work just fine. Some are tested occasionally, usually just before a new
release. But very little code specific to these platforms is written by the
primary developers. For example, any functionality in the library which
utilizes OpenBSD specific APIs was likely contributed by someone interested in
that platform.

In theory any working C++11 compiler is fine but in practice, we only regularly
test with GCC, Clang, and Visual C++. Recent versions of IBM XLC can compile
the library but occasionally codegen bugs occur. Several other compilers (such
as Intel and PGI) are supported by the build system but are not tested by the
developers and may have build or codegen problems. Patches to improve support
for these compilers is welcome.

Branch Support Status
-------------------------

Following table provides the support status for Botan branches as of
February 2023. Any branch not listed here is no longer supported.
Dates in the future are approximate.

============== ============== ========================== ============
Branch         First Release  End of Active Development  End of Life
============== ============== ========================== ============
1.8            2008-12-08     2010-08-31                 2016-02-13
1.10           2011-06-20     2012-07-10                 2018-12-31
2.x            2017-01-06     2020-11-05                 2024-12-31 or later
3.x            2023-04-11     ?                          2026-12-31 or later
============== ============== ========================== ============

"Active development" refers to adding new features and optimizations. At the
conclusion of the active development phase, only bugfixes are applied.

Getting Help
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To get help with Botan, open an issue on
`GitHub <https://github.com/randombit/botan/issues>`_
