Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 05:26:02 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> Subject: Re: There is currently no usable release of FreeBSD. Message-ID: <20140604192602.GA54953@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <538F5FB5.9060008@FreeBSD.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406040944570.2120@kozubik.com> <332D72DF-2225-40E2-B246-0786181AAB51@tony.li> <538F5FB5.9060008@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed 2014-06-04 15:34:37 UTC-0230, Jonathan Anderson (jonathan@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > Tony Li wrote: > > What’s the problem with using ‘legacy’? > > Is the problem actually that we're using the term "legacy", which some > vendors use to mean "unsupported"? Perhaps we ought to say: The Subject: line is trollbait but I think at the very least "legacy" is a confusing term to use, with unneccessarily (in this instance) negative connotations for what is after all very good, reliable, supported, software. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_code Merely a documentation issue, not a code quality/@hackers issue. Regards Andrew
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