Update the FAQ:
- Change the frequency of snapshots from a day to a month - Fix a missing closing parenthesis - Add snapshot site http://snapshots.us.freebsd.org - Generalize the paragraph about development branches - Add an 18 months release interval for major versions and 8 months for minor versions - Fix link for the PR query interface PR: docs/115000 Submitted by: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot at gmail dot com> Reviewed by: danger, trhodes Approved by: gabor (mentor)
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groups</quote> on the -CURRENT mailing list may be
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treated with contempt.</para>
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treated with contempt.</para>
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<para>Every day, <ulink
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<para>Every month, <ulink
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url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot
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url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot
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</ulink> releases are made based on the current state of the
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</ulink> releases are made based on the current state of the
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-CURRENT and -STABLE branches. Distributions of the
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-CURRENT and -STABLE branches.
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occasional snapshot are made available. The goals
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behind each snapshot release are:</para>
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behind each snapshot release are:</para>
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<para>To preserve a fixed reference point for the code in
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<para>To preserve a fixed reference point for the code in
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question, just in case we break something really badly
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question, just in case we break something really badly
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later. (Although CVS normally prevents anything horrible
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later. (Although CVS normally prevents anything horrible
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like this happening :)</para>
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like this happening.)</para>
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<para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <ulink
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<para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <ulink
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url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</ulink>.</para>
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url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</ulink>.</para>
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<para>Snapshots are generated, on the average, daily for
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<para>Official snapshots are generated each month on a regular basis for
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all actively developed branches.</para>
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all actively developed branches. There are also
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daily snapshot builds of the popular &arch.i386;
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and &arch.amd64 branches, hosted on
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<ulink url="http://snapshots.us.freebsd.org/"></ulink>.</para>
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</answer>
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only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental
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only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental
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enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has
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enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has
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been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading
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been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading
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towards 6.2-RELEASE and beyond. Just before 6.0-RELEASE, the
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towards &rel.current;-RELEASE and beyond. For more detailed information on branches
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6-STABLE branch was created, and
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&os.current; became 7-CURRENT. For more detailed information,
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see <quote><ulink url="&url.articles.releng;/release-proc.html#REL-BRANCH">
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see <quote><ulink url="&url.articles.releng;/release-proc.html#REL-BRANCH">
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FreeBSD Release Engineering:
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FreeBSD Release Engineering:
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Creating the Release Branch</ulink></quote>.</para>
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Creating the Release Branch</ulink></quote>, the status of the
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branches and the upcoming release schedule can be found on the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng">Release Engineering Information</ulink> page.</para>
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<para>The 2.2-STABLE branch was retired with the release of 2.2.8.
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<para>The 2.2-STABLE branch was retired with the release of 2.2.8.
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The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the
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The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>The &a.re; releases a new version of FreeBSD about every
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<para>The &a.re; releases a new major version of &os; about every
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four months, on average. Release dates are announced well in
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18 months and a new minor version about every
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8 months, on average. Release dates are announced well in
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advance, so that the people working on the system know
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advance, so that the people working on the system know
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when their projects need to be finished and tested.
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when their projects need to be finished and tested.
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A testing period precedes each release, in order to ensure
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A testing period precedes each release, in order to ensure
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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<para><ulink
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url="&url.base;/snapshots/">
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url="&url.base;/snapshots/">
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Snapshot</ulink> releases are made daily for the
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Snapshot</ulink> releases are made monthly for the
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<link linkend="current">-CURRENT</link> and <link
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<link linkend="current">-CURRENT</link> and <link
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linkend="stable">-STABLE</link> branch, these being
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linkend="stable">-STABLE</link> branch, these being
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of service purely to bleeding-edge testers and
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of service purely to bleeding-edge testers and
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<para>The Problem Report database of all user change requests
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<para>The Problem Report database of all user change requests
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may be queried by using our web-based PR
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may be queried by using our web-based PR
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<ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query">
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?query">
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query</ulink>
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interface.</para>
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