FreeBSD 14.1 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 14.1. For more information about the release engineering process, please see the Release Engineering section of the web site.
General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public freebsd-stable mailing list.
Schedule
| Action | Expected | Actual | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Initial release schedule announcement |
- |
20 December 2023 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
8 April 2024 |
8 April 2024 |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
19 April 2024 |
- |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/14 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/14.1 branch |
3 May 2024 |
- |
releng/14.1 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
3 May 2024 |
- |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
10 May 2024 |
- |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
17 May 2024 |
- |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
24 May 2024 |
- |
First release candidate. |
|
RC2 builds begin |
31 May 2024 |
- |
Second release candidate. |
|
RC3 builds begin |
7 June 2024 |
- |
Third release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
14 June 2024 |
- |
14.1-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
18 June 2024 |
- |
14.1-RELEASE press release. |
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Turn over to the secteam |
- |
- |
releng/14.1 branch is handed over to the FreeBSD Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after the announcement. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
Additional Information
Last modified on: April 14, 2024 by Colin Percival