michael peters mpetersplusthreecom geoffrey broadwell wrote complete utter refusal support users expect install parrot 10 get free support mailing list irc next eight ten years half agree agree directly support release limited time though think minimum sane time would major release current one 36 months given moment given schedule words new 3 month release doesnt mean immediately desupport one 3 months ago might argue longer direct support schedule recent 1 think less cant work real life also need think deprecation cycles deprecate feature 1 version disappears next time code works doesnt 6 months distros provide support several years michael peters plus three lp tue 05 aug 2008 161952 0400 branching