On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:23:48 -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: [Sean Chittenden wrote:] > > > For years I've used and endorsed ezjail, but as stated, it is > > > depreciated. > > Hmm, there's no notation at > http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=ezjail > , > nor in the Makefile AFAICT. > > > > For a book, excluding ezjail would exclude a huge portion of the user > > > base > > > and seems like it would hurt credibility given its dominance as the > > > preferred tool for jail administration.
I agree with this; given its history and installed base it certainly deserves some coverage with at least references to its documentation, as a precursor to more recently emerging, likely more comprehensive tools. > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:54:50PM -0500, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > Maybe is something obvious to the more technical crowd but as a user what > > does "depreciated" mean in this context? > > Really the word most people use is "deprecated" rather than "depreciated". > > It can mean any number of things: > > - it no longer works due to changes in other software > - it has been replaced by something else > - the author is no longer interested in maintaining it > > and so forth. > > I don't know the answer in this case. As Alejandro went on to point out, depreciate means (ref Concise Oxford) 'Diminish in value' or 'Lower market price of; reduce purchasing power of (money); disparage, belittle' (L. pretiare f. pretium price), while deprecate means 'Plead against; express wish against or disapproval of (L. precari pray). Different, with some overlap regarding belittlement. The former term is prominent in Joe's http://jail-primer.sourceforge.net/ cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-jail@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-jail To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-jail-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
