Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:21:26 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 274197] Supported FreeBSD releases, and the FreeBSD support model: resolve inconsistency Message-ID: <bug-274197-9-rDQz9YLRy6@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-274197-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274197 B.S. <bigsneaky@duck.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bigsneaky@duck.com --- Comment #3 from B.S. <bigsneaky@duck.com> --- I have submitted a GitHub PR: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/567 >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 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. Handbook does not use "point release" in upgrading chapter (or elsewhere), so switch terminology to "minor"/"major". This is also consistent with language of 4-year support announcement, and way releng docs split minor releases into "dot-zero" vs "point" but 3-month rule applies to dot-zero releases too, not just "point" ones. * I think retaining both is informative. The later announcement sets the new 4-year support period but mostly focuses on the quarterly release model. The earlier one explains basing the model on branches not point releases and justifies the 3-month rule: although the 5-year support period has changed, this is still where the "meat" of the support policy is set out and contrasted to the previous alternative. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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