From 96665d41175e1597666f401ad88b5d227597ff4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:58:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Note to add the MANIFEST files to the
 misc/freebsd-release-manifests port.

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
---
 .../articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml
index e0a66e6cd4..c59b1107af 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml
@@ -105,4 +105,21 @@
       </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
   </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 xml:id="releng-ports-beta-rc">
+    <title>Ports Changes During <literal>BETA</literal>,
+      <literal>RC</literal>, and the final
+      <literal>RELEASE</literal></title>
+
+    <para>For each build during the release cycle, the
+      <literal>MANIFEST</literal> files containing the
+      <literal>SHA256</literal> of the various distribution sets, such
+      as <literal>base.txz</literal>, <literal>kernel.txz</literal>,
+      and so on, are added to the
+      <package>misc/freebsd-release-manifests</package> port.  This
+      allows utilities other than &man.bsdinstall.8;, such as
+      <package>ports-mgmt/poudriere</package>, to safely use these
+      distribution sets by providing a mechanism through which the
+      checksums can be verified.</para>
+  </sect2>
 </sect1>