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--- docs:freebsd:choose [2024/09/22 17:04] – 13.4-RELEASE. grahamperrin
+++ docs:freebsd:choose [2024/10/07 23:45] (current) – 14.0-RELEASE EOL. grahamperrin
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
   * a longer lifespan – the ''stable/14''  branch
-  * two supported releases – **14.0-RELEASE** and **14.1-RELEASE** on the ''releng/14.0'' and ''releng/14.1'' branches.
+  * one supported release – **14.1-RELEASE** on the ''releng/14.1'' branch.
 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is recommended for new installations.
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 Adapted from the timelines at [[https://codeberg.org/FreeBSD/freebsd-src/src/commit/96c567f972e05c47cd239b6c9226354e808f039b/share/misc/bsd-family-tree#L417-L462|https://codeberg.org/FreeBSD/freebsd-src/src/commit/96c567f972e05c47cd239b6c9226354e808f039b/share/misc/bsd-family-tree#L417-L462]]:
 <code>
-   |   |
+   |    |
-   |   12.2 (dead)
+   |  12.2 (end-of-life)
-   |   |
+   |    |
    |    `------.
    |           |
-   *-- 13.0    |
+   *- 13.0     |
-   |  (dead)   |
+   |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |       |
+   |    |      |
-   |   |     12.3 (dead)
+   |    |    12.3 (EOL)
-   |   |       |
+   |    |      |
-   |   13.1    |
+   |  13.1     |
-   |  (dead)   |
+   |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |       |
+   |    |      |
-   |   |    12.4 (dead)
+   |    |    12.4 (EOL)
-   |   |
+   |    |
-   |   13.2-RELEASE (dead)
+   |  13.2 (EOL)
-   |   |
+   |    |
    |    `------.
    |           |
-   *-- 14.0-   |
+   *- 14.0     |
+   |  (EOL)     |
+   |    |      |
+   |    |    13.3 (ending)
+   |    |      |
+   |  14.1-    |
    |  RELEASE  |
-   |   |       |
+   |    |      |
-   |   |     13.3-RELEASE
+   |    |    13.4-RELEASE
-   |   |       |
+   |    |      |
-   |   14.1-   |
-   |  RELEASE  |
-   |   |       |
    |
 .0-CURRENT (main branch)
 </code>
-  * FreeBSD 12.⋯ releases are end of life ([[https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported/|no longer supported]])
+  * FreeBSD 12.⋯ releases are end-of-life ([[https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported/|no longer supported]])
-  * FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, 13.1-RELEASE, and 13.2-RELEASE are similarly dead
+  * FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, 13.1-RELEASE, and 13.2-RELEASE are similarly EOL
-  * FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE is alive
+  * FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE life will end on 31st December 2024
-  * FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE will die on 30th September 2024
+  * FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE is alive
+  * FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE is EOL
   * FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is alive
   * FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT is latest.
 ===== 15.0-CURRENT and other development versions of FreeBSD =====
@@ Line 80: / Line 82: @@
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/13.4|releng/13.4]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/stable/14|stable/14]]
+  * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/14.0|releng/14.0]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/14.1|releng/14.1]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/main|main]] – FreeBSD-CURRENT