From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Aug 7 8:13: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.2.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE67F37B50F; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13LoZs-0003Lz-00; Mon, 07 Aug 2000 17:12:32 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: nbm@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request to refrain from calling 2.2.x unsupported In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Aug 2000 07:59:59 MST." Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 17:12:32 +0200 Message-ID: <12894.965661152@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 07:59:59 MST, Matthew Jacob wrote: > How about "retired"? I think that this is also misleading and is not as close to the truth. I think that "retired" can be misconstrued as implying that the branch is no longer used. That's not true. However, I do think that even this is a better alternative to the more politically dangerous "unsupported". You can still get outstanding support for 2.2.8-STABLE questions on freebsd-questions. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message