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charset="UTF-8" X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Documentation project List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-doc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D274197 --- Comment #5 from B.S. --- Created attachment 265637 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D265637&action= =3Dedit Update support period on security page website/security: Update support model for 15R >From FreeBSD 15, stable branches are supported for 4 not 5 years. Support model's rationale is now spread over 2 announcements. List EOL for 13/14 separately instead of detailing old support model. The curious can read the previous model in linked announcements. Resolve slight ambiguity that "next" minor release triggering 3-month deprecation period is "next from same branch" and not "next in time". Also = not all minor versions have a "next" release: make clear their support ends when their major version's stable branch reaches EOL. Handbook does not use "point release" in upgrading chapter (or elsewhere), = so switch terminology to "minor"/"major". This is more consistent with the language of the 4-year support announcement, but write ".0" as "dot-zero" a= s in releng docs. Since "dot-zero" releases are distinguished from "point" relea= ses in releng docs, make clear 3-month rule applies to dot-zero releases too. PR: 274197 --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=