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Add an introduction section which explains the terms “major version”,
“minor version”, and “patch level”, explains the difference between
updating and upgrading, and outlines what sort of upgrades we do and do
not support.

It is unfortunate that the FreeBSD support model is not documented in
the Handbook or, indeed, anywhere except our mailing list archive. As a
compromise, this introducion links to the security page on the website,
which briefly mentions the support model and links to the relevant
emails in the archive.

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des requested review of this revision.Sun, Jul 26, 3:52 PM
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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Sun, Jul 26, 3:55 PM

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Generally i like it. One question to consider.

documentation/content/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/_index.adoc
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Need to say major vs minor here?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mon, Jul 27, 1:04 AM
documentation/content/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/_index.adoc
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Not really, the mechanism for upgrading from 14.3 to 14.4 is the same as the mechanism for upgrading from 14.3 to 15.1.

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