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+doc-compilers-dropped
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+
+* Support for building CMake itself with some compilers was dropped:
+
+  * Visual Studio 7.1 and 2005 -- superseded by VS 2008 and above
+  * MinGW.org mingw32 -- superseded by MSYS2 mingw32 and mingw64
+
+  CMake still supports generating build systems for other projects using
+  these compilers.