Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 03:19:05 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: =?UTF-8?B?W0J1ZyAyNzMwMTddIFRoZSBtZWFuaW5ncyBvZiAnbGVnYWN5JyA=?= =?UTF-8?B?4oCTIGluIHBhcnRpY3VsYXIsIGZvciB0aGluZ3Mgc3VjaCBhcyBGcmVlQlNE?= =?UTF-8?B?IDEyLjQtUkVMRUFTRSwgd2hpY2ggaXMgbm8gbG9uZ2VyIHByb2R1Y3Rpb24=?= Message-ID: <bug-273017-9-AxGGZdkQJA@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-273017-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-273017-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D273017 Graham Perrin =E2=97=90 <grahamperrin@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flags| |maintainer-feedback?(cperci | |va@FreeBSD.org) CC| |cperciva@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #15 from Graham Perrin =E2=97=90 <grahamperrin@gmail.com> --- It took me a couple of weeks to rediscover this (sorry), I stumbled into it whilst preparing an unrelated diff for the download page:=20 <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/commit/b1fcdc951599e9baf7e71e59c8dc= ee3b5c10d3d6#diff-c023f144bb7cacd65b6200d261546c696d5b4d91a8b5dd26c435a2c4c= cf08383R13-R17> > =E2=80=A6 Legacy releases are for users wishing to stay with a more=20 > conservative upgrade strategy. =E2=80=A6 =E2=80=93 and linked from the preceding comment: <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D266094#c2>, which remi= nds me:=20 > Is this true? =E2=80=A6 No mention of legacy in the February 2015=20 > 'Changes to the FreeBSD Support Model'=20 > <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2015-February/00162= 4.html>.=20 ---- Now I see, the '=3D=3D=3D Legacy Release' section of the page was actively = used a couple of weeks before I became a mentee:=20 <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/commit/b67049ece14c995e36f8554813fd= 624169735b8b> I don't want to spend too much time digging through ancient history, I guess that thoughts of _conservatism_ were partly rooted in legacy release engineering. From legacy <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/releng/#introduction>:=20 > =E2=80=A6 To service our most conservative users, individual release bran= ches=20 > were introduced with FreeBSD 4.3. These release branches are created=20 > shortly before a final release is made. After the release goes out,=20 > only the most critical security fixes and additions are merged onto the=20 > release branch.=20 =E2=80=93 4.3 was fourteen years before the changes to the support model.=20 --- Fast-forward to this month:=20 > I would say that legacy means "we don't recommend using this if you're=20 > setting up a new system, but it's still supported in case you're=20 > running an older system". >=20 > As far as FreeBSD releases are concerned, I would say that FreeBSD=20 > X.* becomes "legacy" once FreeBSD (X+1).1-RELEASE ships.=20 > Some people won't want to use a .0 release, but once we get to=20 > .1 I would advise everyone to use that rather than a=20 > previous major version. =E2=80=93 <https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/15l74km/-/jv9db9l/>; This interpreted meaning (there are others) seems to differ significantly f= rom the conservative upgrade mindset. No one person is right, or wrong :-) ---- I envisage a coordinated enhancement to the download page that should negate the need to describe any version as legacy =E2=80=A6 --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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