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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Gabor Pali 2008-06-07 02:18:57 +00:00
parent 376f5c46b1
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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@ -368,11 +368,11 @@
groups</quote> on the -CURRENT mailing list may be groups</quote> on the -CURRENT mailing list may be
treated with contempt.</para> treated with contempt.</para>
<para>Every day, <ulink <para>Every month, <ulink
url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot
</ulink> releases are made based on the current state of the </ulink> releases are made based on the current state of the
-CURRENT and -STABLE branches. Distributions of the -CURRENT and -STABLE branches.
occasional snapshot are made available. The goals The goals
behind each snapshot release are:</para> behind each snapshot release are:</para>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
<para>To preserve a fixed reference point for the code in <para>To preserve a fixed reference point for the code in
question, just in case we break something really badly question, just in case we break something really badly
later. (Although CVS normally prevents anything horrible later. (Although CVS normally prevents anything horrible
like this happening :)</para> like this happening.)</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
@ -411,8 +411,11 @@
<para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <ulink <para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <ulink
url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</ulink>.</para> url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</ulink>.</para>
<para>Snapshots are generated, on the average, daily for <para>Official snapshots are generated each month on a regular basis for
all actively developed branches.</para> all actively developed branches. There are also
daily snapshot builds of the popular &arch.i386;
and &arch.amd64 branches, hosted on
<ulink url="http://snapshots.us.freebsd.org/"></ulink>.</para>
</answer> </answer>
</qandaentry> </qandaentry>
@ -433,12 +436,12 @@
only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental
enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has
been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading
towards 6.2-RELEASE and beyond. Just before 6.0-RELEASE, the towards &rel.current;-RELEASE and beyond. For more detailed information on branches
6-STABLE branch was created, and
&os.current; became 7-CURRENT. For more detailed information,
see <quote><ulink url="&url.articles.releng;/release-proc.html#REL-BRANCH"> see <quote><ulink url="&url.articles.releng;/release-proc.html#REL-BRANCH">
FreeBSD Release Engineering: FreeBSD Release Engineering:
Creating the Release Branch</ulink></quote>.</para> Creating the Release Branch</ulink></quote>, the status of the
branches and the upcoming release schedule can be found on the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng">Release Engineering Information</ulink> page.</para>
<para>The 2.2-STABLE branch was retired with the release of 2.2.8. <para>The 2.2-STABLE branch was retired with the release of 2.2.8.
The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the
@ -467,8 +470,9 @@
</question> </question>
<answer> <answer>
<para>The &a.re; releases a new version of FreeBSD about every <para>The &a.re; releases a new major version of &os; about every
four months, on average. Release dates are announced well in 18 months and a new minor version about every
8 months, on average. Release dates are announced well in
advance, so that the people working on the system know advance, so that the people working on the system know
when their projects need to be finished and tested. when their projects need to be finished and tested.
A testing period precedes each release, in order to ensure A testing period precedes each release, in order to ensure
@ -533,7 +537,7 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para><ulink <para><ulink
url="&url.base;/snapshots/"> url="&url.base;/snapshots/">
Snapshot</ulink> releases are made daily for the Snapshot</ulink> releases are made monthly for the
<link linkend="current">-CURRENT</link> and <link <link linkend="current">-CURRENT</link> and <link
linkend="stable">-STABLE</link> branch, these being linkend="stable">-STABLE</link> branch, these being
of service purely to bleeding-edge testers and of service purely to bleeding-edge testers and
@ -562,7 +566,7 @@
<para>The Problem Report database of all user change requests <para>The Problem Report database of all user change requests
may be queried by using our web-based PR may be queried by using our web-based PR
<ulink <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query"> url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?query">
query</ulink> query</ulink>
interface.</para> interface.</para>