Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:53:33 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: da51a1211dc7 - main - RELNOTES: Note the deprecation of 32-bit platforms for 15.0. Message-ID: <202308161653.37GGrXLu058051@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by jhb: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=da51a1211dc799fa123f5d7f041eaf83c36f976b commit da51a1211dc799fa123f5d7f041eaf83c36f976b Author: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-08-16 16:49:17 +0000 Commit: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-08-16 16:52:16 +0000 RELNOTES: Note the deprecation of 32-bit platforms for 15.0. This draws a line in the sand of removing support for 32-bit worlds and kernels aside from COMPAT_FREEBSD32 and lib32 support. The project may choose to alter this approach when 15.0 is released by extending some level of 32-bit support in 15.0 or later. In particular, at present there is a fair bit of interest in retaining armv7 support in 15.0 at least. Reviewed by: brooks Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41164 --- RELNOTES | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES index 4687fc30aa22..5f75215807f4 100644 --- a/RELNOTES +++ b/RELNOTES @@ -10,6 +10,46 @@ newline. Entries should be separated by a newline. Changes to this file should not be MFCed. +41582f28ddf7: + FreeBSD 15.0 will not include support for 32-bit platforms. + However, 64-bit systems will still be able to run older 32-bit + binaries. + + Support for executing 32-bit binaries on 64-bit platforms via + COMPAT_FREEBSD32 will remain supported for at least the + stable/15 and stable/16 branches. + + Support for compiling individual 32-bit applications via + `cc -m32` will also be supported for at least the stable/15 + branch which includes suitable headers in /usr/include and + libraries in /usr/lib32. + + Support for 32-bit platforms in ports for 15.0 and later + releases is also deprecated, and these future releases may not + include binary packages for 32-bit platforms or support for + building 32-bit applications from ports. + + stable/14 and earlier branches will retain existing 32-bit + kernel and world support. Ports will retain existing support + for building ports and packages on 32-bit systems on stable/14 + and earlier branches as long as those branches are supported + by the ports system. However, all 32-bit platforms are Tier-2 + or Tier-3 and support for individual ports should be expected + to degrade as upstreams deprecate 32-bit platforms. + + With the current support schedule, stable/14 will be EOLed 5 + years after the release of 14.0. The EOL of stable/14 would + mark the end of support for 32-bit platforms including source + releases, pre-built packages, and support for building + applications from ports. Given an estimated release date of + October 2023 for 14.0, support for 32-bit platforms would end + in October 2028. + + The project may choose to alter this approach when 15.0 is + released by extending some level of 32-bit support for one or + more platforms in 15.0 or later. Users should use the + stable/14 branch to migrate off of 32-bit platforms. + 3cb2f5f369ec: The lua-flavored loader(8) will now interpret .lua files that appear in loader_conf_files as lua, and execute them in a sandbox. Existing
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