meta: clarify EoL platform support

[joaocgreis]

Use stronger wording about EoL platforms. Make it clear they can be removed at any time, as should happen with Windows 7/2008R2 next year when it becomes EoL.

cc @nodejs/build

Checklist

• make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
• documentation is changed or added
• commit message follows commit guidelines

[nodejs-github-bot]

@joaocgreis build started: https://ci.nodejs.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/node-test-pull-request-lite-pipeline/detail/node-test-pull-request-lite-pipeline/2463/pipeline

[ChALkeR]

Nit: remove "Note that".

[ChALkeR]

LGTM with a nit, but is there a reason to remove the old wording? Why not keep both? Those are complementary, as it looks to me.

[joaocgreis]

Thanks for the reviews!

@ChALkeR added back the old wording.

[mhdawson]

I'd be slightly concerned that this could be read as that we "can't" even if it's what we think need to be the case for some period of time. How about "The community avoids building or testing against EoL platforms"

[Trott]

Suggested change

	removed at any moment. The community does not build or test against EoL
	removed at any time. The community does not build or test against EoL

[Trott]

Suggested change

	End-of-life (EoL) platforms are not supported even if listed below and can be
	End-of-life (EoL) platforms are not supported, even if listed below, and can be

[Trott]

I'd recommend removing the part about them being removed at any time. The important part is that they are unsupported. Removal from the table isn't really the issue, I hope?

End-of-life (EoL) platforms are not supported, even if listed below.
The community does not build or test against EoL platforms.

One problem left: We don't define end-of-life and there's no way for the reader to know from just this document which entries in the table this applies to. So maybe this?:

Node.js does not support a platform version if a vendor has expired support for
it. In other words, Node.js does not support running on End-of-life (EoL)
platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.

With that wording, the reader knows we mean "EoL'ed by the vendor" as opposed to them perhaps wondering what platforms Node.js has EoL'ed.

[joaocgreis]

@Trott thanks for your review! I've updated to your suggestion.

@mhdawson we can always make exceptions. Your suggestion sounds a bit contradictory to me, I'd prefer a clear message here about not supporting. I think "building and testing" is implied in "support", so I just removed that part. Let me know if you'd rather have it or have some other suggestion. (cc @ChALkeR)

[Trott]

Lite CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request-lite-pipeline/2485/ ✅

[danbev]

Landed in 8d2df41.