Fix a FAQ regarding release engineering. Started as a simple
grammatical correction from the PR, but became more extensive when it was realized that the answer to the FAQ didn't reflect reality. PR: 38771 Submitted by: Arthur Munn <amunn@comcast.net>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>As a general principle, the FreeBSD core team only release
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a new version of FreeBSD when they believe that there are
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sufficient new features and/or bug fixes to justify one, and
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are satisfied that these new developments have been tested
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sufficiently to avoid compromising the stability of the
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release. Release dates are generally announced well in
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<para>The &a.re; releases
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a new version of FreeBSD about every four months, on
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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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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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that the addition of new features does not compromise the
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stability of the release.
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Many users regard this caution as one of the best
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things about FreeBSD, although
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waiting for all the latest goodies to reach -STABLE
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can be a little frustrating.</para>
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<para>Releases are made about every 4 months on average.</para>
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<para>More information on the release engineering process
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(including a schedule of upcoming releases) can be found
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on the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/index.html">release
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engineering</ulink> pages on the FreeBSD Web site.</para>
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<para>For people who need or want a little more excitement,
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binary snapshots are made every day as discussed above.</para>
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