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--- docs:freebsd:choose [2025/03/11 02:41] – pkgbasify grahamperrin
+++ docs:freebsd:choose [2025/09/30 19:02] (current) – old revision restored (2025/07/24 17:06) stefano
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 ===== Support =====
-With the [[https://www.freebsd.org/security/#model|five-year support model]] that was established in 2015, two or more major versions may be supported at any one time.
+With the [[https://www.freebsd.org/security/#model|five-year support model]] that was established in 2015, two or more major versions may be supported at any one time. 2024 changes to the model are [[https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:freebsd:choose#further_reading|noted below]].
 Major versions 13 and 14 are supported.
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   * a long lifespan – the ''stable/13''  branch
-  * two supported releases – **13.4-RELEASE**  and **13.5-RELEASE**  on the ''releng/13.4''  branch.
+  * one supported release – **13.5-RELEASE**  on the ''releng/13.5''  branch.
 has:
   * a longer lifespan – the ''stable/14''  branch
-  * two supported releases – **14.1-RELEASE**  and **14.2-RELEASE**  on the ''releng/14.1''  and ''releng/14.2''  branches.
+  * two supported releases – **14.2-RELEASE**  and **14.3-RELEASE**  on the ''releng/14.2''  and ''releng/14.3''  branches.
-FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE is recommended for new installations. All other supported versions of RELEASE are //legacy//.
+FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE is recommended for new installations. All other supported versions of RELEASE are //legacy//.
 ===== Visualising CURRENT (the main branch) and RELEASE (releng branches) =====
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    *- 13.0     |
    |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |   |    12.3 (EOL)
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |  13.1     |
    |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
-   |   |    12.4 (EOL)
+   |   |  ‖ 12.4 (EOL)   ‖
+   |   |  ╚==============╝
    |   |
    |  13.2 (EOL)
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    *- 14.0     |
    |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |   |    13.3 (EOL)
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
-   |  14.1-    |
+   |  14.1     |
-   |  RELEASE  |
+   |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
-   |   |    13.4-RELEASE
+   |   |    13.4 (EOL)
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |  14.2-    |
    |  RELEASE  |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
+   |   |  ‖ 13.5-RELEASE ‖
+   |   |  ╚==============╝
+   |   |
+   |  14.3-
+   |  RELEASE
+   |   |
    |
 .0-CURRENT (main branch)
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   * FreeBSD 12.⋯ releases are end-of-life ([[https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported/|no longer supported]])
-  * FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RELEASE, and 13.3-RELEASE are similarly EOL
+  * FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, 13.1-RELEASE, 13.2-RELEASE, 13.3-RELEASE, and 13.4-RELEASE are similarly EOL
-  * FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE is alive
+  * FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE is supported, there will be no 13.6
-  * FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE is EOL
+  * FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE and 14.1-RELEASE are EOL
-  * FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is alive
+  * FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE is supported
-  * FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE is alive
+  * FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE is supported
   * FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT is latest.
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   * simplifies updates and upgrades with prerelease (ALPHA, BETA, RC (release candidate)) and with RELEASE
-  * can **not**  be used with STABLE or CURRENT
+  * can **not**  be used with STABLE or CURRENT.
-  * pkgbase is an alternative to freebsd-update (see below).
+pkgbase:
+  * simplifies updates and upgrades for everything excluding 13.
 [[https://www.freebsd.org/security/notices/|Errata notices]] and [[https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/|security advisories]]:
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   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/stable/13|stable/13]]
-  * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/13.4|releng/13.4]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/13.5|releng/13.5]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/stable/14|stable/14]]
-  * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/14.1|releng/14.1]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/14.2|releng/14.2]]
+  * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/14.3|releng/14.3]]
   * [[https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/main|main]] – FreeBSD-CURRENT
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   * [[https://www.freebsd.org/releng/charter/|Charter for the Release Engineering Team]]
   * [[https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2024-July/000143.html|Change to FreeBSD release scheduling and support period]] (2024)
+  * [[https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/navigating-freebsds-new-quarterly-and-biennial-release-schedule/|Navigating FreeBSD’s New Quarterly and Biennial Release Schedule | FreeBSD Foundation]]