FreeBSD 13.4 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 13.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Initial release schedule announcement |
- |
25 June 2024 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
8 July 2024 |
8 July 2024 |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
19 July 2024 |
20 July 2024 |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/13 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/13.4 branch |
2 August 2024 |
2 August 2024 |
releng/13.4 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
2 August 2024 |
2 August 2024 |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
9 August 2024 |
9 August 2024 |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
16 August 2024 |
16 August 2024 |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
23 August 2024 |
23 August 2024 |
First release candidate. |
|
RC2 builds begin |
30 August 2024 |
30 August 2024 |
Second release candidate. |
|
RC3 builds begin |
6 September 2024 |
6 September 2024 |
Third release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
30 August
2024 |
13 September 2024 |
13.4-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
3 September
2024 |
17 September 2024 |
13.4-RELEASE press release. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
Additional Information
Last modified on: September 14, 2024 by Colin Percival