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60 | 60 | imap.expunge
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61 | 61 | ```
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| 63 | +## Compatibility and Maintenance Policy |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +`net-imap` is bundled with Ruby releases. As a [bundled gem], it can be |
| 66 | +uninstalled from a Ruby installation and must be declared in `Gemfile` when used |
| 67 | +with `bundler`. Each stable branch of `net-imap` will remain supported as long |
| 68 | +as it is included as a bundled gem in [supported Ruby branches]. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +| |Bundled with|Compatible with|First bundled release |Supported? | |
| 71 | +|-----|------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-------------| |
| 72 | +|0.5.x| _Ruby 3.4_ | Ruby 3.1+ |0.5.?, Ruby 3.4.0, 2024-12-25|features | |
| 73 | +|0.4.x| Ruby 3.3 | Ruby 2.7+ |0.4.9, Ruby 3.3.0, 2023-12-25|backports | |
| 74 | +|0.3.x| Ruby 3.2 | Ruby 2.6+ |0.3.4, Ruby 3.2.0, 2022-12-25|bugfixes only| |
| 75 | +|0.2.x| Ruby 3.1 | Ruby 2.5+/2.6+|0.2.2, Ruby 3.1.0, 2021-12-25|security only| |
| 76 | +|0.1.x| Ruby 3.0* | Ruby 2.5+ |0.1.1, Ruby 3.0.0, 2020-12-25|end of life | |
| 77 | +|_pre_| in stdlib | | Ruby 1.6.2, 2000-12-25|end of life | |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +Version 0.1.x was packaged as a [default gem] for Ruby 3.0, and can not be |
| 80 | +uninstalled from a Ruby 3.0 installation. Before being extracted into a gem, |
| 81 | +`net/imap` was only packaged as a part of Ruby's releases. The first stable |
| 82 | +release to include `net/imap` was ruby 1.6.2, on 2000-12-25. |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +[bundled gem]: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/standard_library_rdoc.html#label-Bundled+gems |
| 85 | +[default gem]: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/standard_library_rdoc.html |
| 86 | +[supported Ruby branches]: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/ |
| 87 | + |
63 | 88 | ## Development
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65 | 90 | After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `bundle exec rake test` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
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