- 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 +
FreeBSD releases are classified into Production Releases and + Legacy Releases. 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.
-Releases are further classified by the length of time they will - be supported by the Security Officer into "Normal" and "Extended" - releases.
-Documentation files for each release are available for viewing in HTML format on the Release Documentation page.
@@ -31,8 +27,8 @@Complete information about the release date, the classification - type, and the estimated End-Of-Life (EOL) for currently supported +
Complete information about the release date
+ and the estimated End-Of-Life (EOL) for currently supported
releases can be found on the Supported Releases
section of the FreeBSD
@@ -126,7 +122,7 @@
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 Unsupported
Releases section of the FreeBSD Security
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml
===================================================================
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
engineering process. This table lists the code freeze status for major
branches of the src/ 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 ports/ and doc/,
+ status of other subtrees such as ports/ and doc/
is also provided below.
-
+
-
+
+
| doc/ | Open | &contact.doc; | -SGML/XML based documentation set. | +DocBook XML-based documentation set. |
FreeBSD
Release Engineering
- Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD release
- engineering team to make production quality releases of the
+ 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
@@ -508,13 +512,12 @@
Old Releases
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 ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/.
-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.
+Older releases that are no longer present on any FTP mirror might + still be available from CD-ROM vendors.