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--- docs:freebsd:choose [2025/03/11 02:48] – 13.4-RELEASE grahamperrin
+++ docs:freebsd:choose [2025/03/11 03:43] (current) – Fix the preformatted code block broken by the WYSIWYG editor. Buckets for final releases. grahamperrin
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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.
+  * two supported releases – **13.4-RELEASE**  and **13.5-RELEASE**  on the ''releng/13.4''  and ''releng/13.5''  branches.
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    |   |
    |    `------.
-   |   |
+   |           |
    *- 13.0     |
    |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |   |    12.3 (EOL)
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |  13.1     |
    |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
-   |   |    12.4 (EOL)
+   |   |  ‖ 12.4 (EOL)   ‖
+   |   |  ╚==============╝
    |   |
    |  13.2 (EOL)
    |   |
    |    `------.
-   |   |
+   |           |
    *- 14.0     |
    |  (EOL)    |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |   |    13.3 (EOL)
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |  14.1-    |
    |  RELEASE  |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |   |    13.4-RELEASE
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
    |  14.2-    |
    |  RELEASE  |
-   |   |      |
+   |   |       |
-   |   |    13.5-RELEASE
+   |   |  ‖ 13.5-RELEASE ‖
-   |   |      |
+   |   |  ╚==============╝
+   |   |
    |
 .0-CURRENT (main branch)
 </code>
   * 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 13.4-RELEASE is supported
-  * FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE is supported
+  * FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE is supported, there will be no 13.6
   * FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE is EOL
   * FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is supported
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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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   * cover releases and associated stable branches
   * do **not**  cover CURRENT.
 ===== FreshBSD views of branches =====