On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 02:11:33AM -0400, Doug wrote: > On 09/09/2012 01:40 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > >>On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > >>>On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >>>>Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) > >>>>is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at > >>>>least 1 year. Thus "deprecated soon" is not accurate, unless your > >>>>definition of "soon" means 12 months or more. > >>>Perhaps his definition of "deprecated" doesn't mean "supported"… > >>> > >>> > >>The usual definition is "disapproved". > >I don't think "disapproved" is the correct word in that sense. > > > Artha: deprecate: express strong disapproval of; deplore
You can disapprove of the behaviour, but the "behaviour is disapproved", is not the same as the "behaviour is deprecated" disapproved is a transitive verb deprecated is an adjective. Sorry about being pedantic. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120910142857.GA14806@tal
