FreeBSD 12.3 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 12.3. 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. MFC requests are no longer being accepted.
Schedule
| Action | Expected | Actual | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Initial release schedule announcement |
- |
20 September 2021 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
30 September 2021 |
1 October 2021 |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
7 October 2021 |
7 October 2021 |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/12 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/12.3 branch |
21 October 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
releng/12.3 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
21 October 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
28 October 2021 |
28 October 2021 |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
4 November 2021 |
4 November 2021 |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
11 November 2021 |
11 November 2021 |
First release candidate. |
|
RC2 builds begin |
18 November 2021 |
18 November 2021 |
Second release candidate. |
|
RC3 builds begin |
25 November 2021 |
(not needed) |
Third release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
2 December 2021 |
2 December 2021 |
12.3-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
7 December 2021 |
7 December 2021 |
12.3-RELEASE press release. |
|
Turn over to the secteam |
- |
22 December 2021 |
releng/12.3 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: February 6, 2024 by Paul Ivanov