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 ## OpenRC 0.44
 
 This version is the first to use a meson-based build system.
-I will keep the makefiles for the 0.44 branch, but meson will be the
-only build system supported in the future.
+The gnu make build system should now be considered deprecated; it will
+be removed sometime after 0.44.x.
 
 ## OpenRC 0.43