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

[Eitan Adler]

On 4 June 2014 13:28, Allan Jude <allanjude at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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     denoting software or hardware that has been superseded but is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

These aren't (yet) available to the public.  Maybe you should copy the
diff to the list?



-- 
Eitan Adler