"Legacy" Release Terminology [was: There is currently no usable release of FreeBSD.]

[Allan Jude]

On 2014-06-04 15:33, Eric van Gyzen wrote:
> On 06/04/2014 14:16, Jonathan Anderson wrote:
>> Jason Hellenthal wrote:
>>> Legacy . . .
>>> /adjective/
>>> COMPUTING
>>> **
>>>
>>>  1.
>>>     *1*.
>>>     denoting software or hardware that has been superseded but is
>>>     difficult to replace because of its wide use.
>>>
>>>
>>>     What about that says unsupported ?
>>
>>
>> Sure, you're right about the dictionary definition, but in some usage
>> (including among certain folks who build, package and use a popular
>> open-source alternative to FreeBSD), people treat the word "legacy" as
>> synonymous with "obsolete". Perhaps they shouldn't, but many do, and
>> the original poster is trying to justify to the compliance-happy parts
>> of an organisation why it's ok to base a company's future on something
>> labelled as ${perceived-to-be-negative adjective}.
>>
>> So, rather than use words that are unclear (people in this
>> conversation seem to have different perspectives on them), I suggest
>> that we use unambiguous language: "branch X will be supported until
>> x/y/zz".
> 
> I have long thought that "Legacy", as used on the front page of
> www.freebsd.org, was misleading.  Please, let's change it.  Let's call
> 8.4, 9.2, and 10.0 all "Production", because that is what they are.  The
> numbers imply most of the relevant distinctions (features, maturity,
> longevity, etc.).
> 
> Independently, specifying branch support dates would also be helpful,
> but let's at least improve the "legacy" terminology.
> 
> Eric
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I have made a diff for the proposed change to the front page:

https://phabric.freebsd.org/D175

Comments of suggestions welcome

-- 
Allan Jude

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