Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:34:25 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Big Sneaky <bigsneakyduck@gmail.com> Subject: git: 56e5b24d8e - main - website/security: Update support model for 15R Message-ID: <6931d431.caac.2e90632c@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The branch main has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=56e5b24d8e91f246e36352ecc023ac86528f9b1e commit 56e5b24d8e91f246e36352ecc023ac86528f9b1e Author: Big Sneaky <bigsneakyduck@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2025-11-09 01:06:22 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-12-04 18:31:36 +0000 website/security: Update support model for 15R PR: 274197 Reviewed by: dch Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/567 --- website/content/en/security/_index.adoc | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/en/security/_index.adoc b/website/content/en/security/_index.adoc index 1f9182a083..47d0261f0f 100644 --- a/website/content/en/security/_index.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/security/_index.adoc @@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ In the run-up to a release, a number of -BETA and -RC releases may be published [[model]] == The FreeBSD support model -Under the current support model, each major version's stable branch is explicitly supported for 5 years, while each individual point release is only supported for three months after the next point release. +Each minor release is only supported for three months after the next minor release within the same major version, or (for the final minor release) until support for the major version's stable branch ends. From FreeBSD 15 onward, each stable branch is explicitly supported for 4 years from its dot-zero release. Support for the stable branch of FreeBSD 13 ends on April 30, 2026, and for FreeBSD 14 on November 30, 2028. -The details and rationale behind this model can be found in the https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2015-February/001624.html[official announcement] sent in February 2015. +This model's rationale is detailed in the official announcements of https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2024-July/000143.html[the 4-year support period for stable branches], sent in July 2024, and https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2015-February/001624.html[the switch to a branch-based support model], sent in February 2015.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?6931d431.caac.2e90632c>