FreeBSD 13.2 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 13.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Initial release schedule announcement |
- |
19 August 2022 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
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Release schedule reminder |
16 January 2023 |
16 January 2023 |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
27 January 2023 |
28 January 2023 |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/13 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/13.2 branch |
10 February 2023 |
10 February 2023 |
releng/13.2 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
10 February 2023 |
10 February 2023 |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
17 February 2023 |
17 February 2023 |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
24 February 2023 |
24 February 2023 |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
3 March 2023 |
3 March 2023 |
First release candidate. |
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RC2 builds begin |
10 March 2023 |
10 March 2023 |
Second release candidate. |
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RC3 builds begin |
17 March 2023 |
17 March 2023 |
Third release candidate. |
|
RC4 builds begin |
24 March 2023 |
24 March 2023 |
Fourth release candidate. |
|
RC5 builds begin |
25 March 2023 |
25 March 2023 |
Fifth release candidate. |
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RC6 builds begin |
31 March 2023 |
31 March 2023 |
Sixth release candidate. |
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RELEASE builds begin |
7 April 2023 |
7 April 2023 |
13.2-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
11 April 2023 |
11 April 2023 |
13.2-RELEASE press release. |
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Turn over to the secteam |
- |
17 April 2023 |
releng/13.2 branch is handed over to the FreeBSD Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after the announcement. |
Additional Information
Last modified on: February 6, 2024 by Paul Ivanov