Bug 81734

According to the release schedule, LibreOffice 4.1.6 is end-of-life, but it's still offered as "Stable" download. Likewise 4.2.5 is offered as "Fresh" while it's actually close to end of life.
Despite of the fact that I see little sense with a time based release schedule, the schedule should match the download offerings.
Personally I think the current version should no be end of life until the next version is considered "Stable". And I see little sense to "push" version numbers (like Firefox does recently): Software doesn't get worse while getting older. just as newer software need not be any better than the older releases. For LibreOffice I have the feeling that several features were broken in newer releases, while some of the newer features still don't work well. How will that pattern lead to truly reliable and useful software?

Maybe have three versions: One "stable" version that is supported until no more bugs are found (unlikely), one "develop" version where new features are implemented, and one "next" version where all the bug fixes from the stable version are merged as well as new features that are considered "virtually bug free and stable".
Users wanting reliable software should use "stable". Users who want to try (or need) new features should use "next". Only developers or users that like to lead a riscful life should use the "develop" version. So "stable" should be replaced with "next", but "develop" should not simply become next; instead selected features (stable and virtually bug-free) should be merged into stable to make "next". Developers can continue to improve features on "develop"...
So bug fixes should be merged from "stable" to "next", from "next" to "develop", and possibly the other direction as well.

I know this is a highly subjective topic, but maybe thing will become better...