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Re: Deprecating 1.1.x when 1.3.0 comes out.

From: Toby Johnson <toby_at_etjohnson.us>
Date: 2005-10-12 15:16:25 CEST

kfogel@collab.net wrote:

>Don't worry, serious security flaws will always be handled.
>
>The text we use when we deprecate is like this:
>
> The Subversion 1.0.x line is no longer supported. This doesn't
> mean that your 1.0 installation is doomed; if it works well and is
> all you need, that's fine. "No longer supported" just means we've
> stopped accepting bug reports against 1.0.x versions, and will not
> make any more 1.0.x bugfix releases (except perhaps for a critical
> security or data-loss bug.)
>
>That's from the 1.2 release notes.
>
>
Sorry for joining the discussion late, but if that's what you're wanting
to convey then I think "deprecate" is too strong a word:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=deprecate
1. To express disapproval of; deplore.
2. To belittle; depreciate.

Perhaps "end-of-life" or something similar would be a better term? When
I hear "deprecate", I think it means you're saying there's a serious
problem with it and it shouldn't be used.

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