Update release information on website.

PR:		213522
Submitted by:	linimon
Approved by:	gjb
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8744
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<body class="navinclude.download">
<img alt="FreeBSD Releases" src="../gifs/releases.jpg" height="200" width="300" align="right" border="0"/>
<p>FreeBSD releases are classified into "Production Releases" and
"Legacy Releases". The former are best suited to users looking
for the latest new features; the latter are for users wishing to
<p>FreeBSD releases are classified into <i>Production Releases</i> and
<i>Legacy Releases</i>. Production releases are best suited to users looking
for the latest new features. Legacy releases are for users wishing to
stay with a more conservative upgrade strategy.</p>
<p>Releases are further classified by the length of time they will
be supported by the Security Officer into "Normal" and "Extended"
releases.</p>
<p>Documentation files for each release are available for viewing in
HTML format on the <a href="&base;/relnotes.html">Release
Documentation</a> page.</p>
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<a name="supported-releases"></a>
<h2>Currently Supported Releases</h2>
<p>Complete information about the release date, the classification
type, and the estimated End-Of-Life (EOL) for currently supported
<p>Complete information about the release date
and the estimated End-Of-Life (EOL) for currently supported
releases can be found on the <a
href="&base;/security/security.html#sup"> Supported Releases</a>
section of the <a href="&base;/security/security.html">FreeBSD
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<p>Complete historical information about the release date, the
classification type, and the effective End-Of-Life (EOL) for
these releases may be found on the <a
these releases can be found on the <a
href="&base;/security/unsupported.html">Unsupported
Releases</a> section of the <a
href="&base;/security/security.html">FreeBSD Security

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engineering process.</p>
<ul>
<!--<li><a href="#schedule">Upcoming Release Schedule</a></li>-->
<li><a href="#schedule">Upcoming Release Schedule</a></li>
<li><a href="#freeze">Code Freeze Status</a></li>
<li><a href="&base;/releng/charter.html">Charter for the Release
Engineering Team</a></li>
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-->
</ul>
<!--
<h2><a name="schedule" id="schedule">Upcoming Release Schedule</a></h2>
<p>NOTE: Release dates are approximate and may be subject to
schedule slippage.</p>
<p>As of 2016-12-09, the next release has not yet been
announced.</p>
<!-- 20161014 until announced
<table class="tblbasic">
<tr>
<th>Date</th>
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<h2><a name="freeze" id="freeze">Code-Freeze Status</a></h2>
<p>The following table lists the code freeze status for the major
<!-- cf https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/svnadmin/conf/approvers?view=log -->
<p>This table lists the code freeze status for major
branches of the <tt>src/</tt> subtree of the FreeBSD Subversion
repository. Commits to any branch listed as "frozen" must first
be reviewed and approved by the relevant contact party. The
status of other subtrees such as <tt>ports/</tt> and <tt>doc/</tt>,
status of other subtrees such as <tt>ports/</tt> and <tt>doc/</tt>
is also provided below.</p>
<table class="tblbasic">
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<td><tt>doc/</tt></td>
<td>Open</td>
<td>&contact.doc;</td>
<td>SGML/XML based documentation set.</td>
<td>DocBook XML-based documentation set.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<li><p><a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html">FreeBSD
Release Engineering</a><br/>
<small>Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD release
engineering team to make production quality releases of the
<small>This document details the approach used by the FreeBSD release
engineering team to make production-quality releases of the
FreeBSD Operating System. It describes the tools available
for those interested in producing customized FreeBSD releases
for corporate rollouts or commercial
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<h2><a name="old" id="old">Old Releases</a></h2>
<p>The &os; Project does not maintain a complete
archive of old release ISO images but many
archive of old release ISO images, but many
of them are available at <a
href="ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/">
ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/</a>.</p>
<p>If you are unable to find an FTP mirror that still contains the
release you are looking for, then you can email CD-ROM vendors to
see if they have any old releases available.</p>
<p>Older releases that are no longer present on any FTP mirror might
still be available from CD-ROM vendors.</p>
</body>
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release.</li>
</ul>
<p>Of the files listed above, the release notes, hardware notes, and
<p>The release notes, hardware notes, and
installation instructions are customized for each architecture
supported by FreeBSD.</p>
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<p>The release documentation for each -RELEASE version of FreeBSD
(for example, &rel.current;-RELEASE) can be found on the
<a href="releases/index.html">releases</a> page of
the FreeBSD Web site, as well as its mirrors.</p>
the FreeBSD web site and on mirror sites.</p>
<p>These files (usually in both HTML and text forms) can be found
in the top-level directory of each distribution (whether on
CD-ROM, an FTP site, or the install floppy disks).</p>
<p>These files are located
in the top-level directory of each distribution. Both
HTML and text forms are usually provided.</p>
<h2>Snapshot versions of FreeBSD</h2>
<h2>Snapshot Versions of FreeBSD</h2>
<p>The release documentation files for snapshots can generally be
found in the top-level directory of each snapshot.</p>
<p>The release documentation files for snapshots are generally
in the top-level directory of each snapshot.</p>
<h2>Documentation for -CURRENT and -STABLE</h2>
<p>Automatically-generated HTML versions of the release
<p>HTML versions of the release
documentation for FreeBSD -CURRENT and FreeBSD -STABLE are
available on the FreeBSD Web site. These documents are
continually changing; the versions on the Web site are rebuilt
at the same time that the rest of the Web site is updated.</p>
available on the FreeBSD web site. These documents are
continually changing and automatically generated. The versions on the web site are rebuilt
at the same time that the rest of the web site is updated.</p>
<h3>FreeBSD -CURRENT Release Documentation</h3>
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<li><a href="&base;/relnotes/CURRENT/errata/index.html">Errata</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>FreeBSD 11-STABLE Release Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/readme/index.html">README</a></li>
<li><a href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/relnotes/index.html">Release Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/index.html">Hardware Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/errata/index.html">Errata</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>FreeBSD 10-STABLE Release Documentation</h3>
<ul>