Re: There is currently no usable release of FreeBSD.

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     denoting software or hardware that has been superseded but is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".


Jon
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Jonathan Anderson
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