FreeBSD 14.2 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 14.2. 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.
Schedule
| Action | Expected | Actual | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Initial release schedule announcement |
- |
29 July 2024 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
7 October 2024 |
- |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
18 October 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/14.2 branch |
1 November 2024 |
- |
releng/14.2 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
1 November 2024 |
- |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
8 November 2024 |
- |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
15 November 2024 |
- |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
22 November 2024 |
- |
First release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
29 November 2024 |
- |
14.2-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
3 December 2024 |
- |
14.2-RELEASE press release. |
|
14.1 EoL |
31 March 2025 |
- |
14.1-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
14.2 EoL |
30 September 2025 |
- |
14.2-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
stable/14 EoL |
30 November 2028 |
- |
stable/14 no longer supported. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
Additional Information
Last modified on: August 7, 2024 by Colin Percival