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This page contains documentation about the FreeBSD release engineering process.

Upcoming Release Schedule

NOTE: Release dates are approximate and may be subject to schedule slippage.

Date Event Information

Code-Freeze Status

The following table lists the code freeze status for the major branches of the src/ subtree of the FreeBSD CVS 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/, doc/, and www/ is also provided below.

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Branch Status Contact Notes
HEAD Open committers Active development branch for 8-CURRENT. Open for commits, but major changes should be coordinated with &contact.re; until 7.0-RELEASE.
RELENG_7 Slush committers Development branch for 7-STABLE.
RELENG_7_0 Frozen &contact.re; FreeBSD 7.0 release branch.
RELENG_6 Open &contact.re; Development branch for 6-STABLE.
RELENG_6_3 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.3 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_6_2 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.2 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_6_1 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.1 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_6_0 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5 Open committers Development branch for 5-STABLE.
RELENG_5_5 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.5 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_5_4 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.4 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_3 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.3 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_2 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.2 / 5.2.1 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_1 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.1 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_0 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.0 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4 Open committers Maintenance branch for 4-STABLE (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_11 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.11 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_10 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.10 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_9 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.9 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_8 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.8 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_7 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.7 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_6 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.6 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_5 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.5 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_4 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.4 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_3 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.3 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_3 Open committers Maintenance branch for 3-STABLE (not officially supported).
RELENG_2_2 Open committers Maintenance branch for 2.2-STABLE (not officially supported).
Subtree Status Contact Notes
ports/ Slush (no sweeping commits until after 6.3 and 7.0 releases) Open &contact.portmgr; FreeBSD Ports Collection.
doc/ Open &contact.doc; SGML/XML based documentation set.
www/ Open &contact.www; FreeBSD Web site sources.

Release Engineering Documentation

Release Engineering Team

The primary release engineering team is responsible for approving MFC requests during code freezes, setting release schedules, and all of the other responsibilities laid out in our charter.

Primary RE Team (re@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re.members; form the primary release engineering decision-making group.

The platform-specific release engineering teams are responsible for building and packaging FreeBSD releases on the given platforms.

Alpha Platform REs (re-alpha@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-alpha;

AMD64 Platform REs (re-amd64@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-amd64;

ia64 Platform REs (re-ia64@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-ia64;

i386 Platform REs (re-x86@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-i386;

pc98 Platform REs (re-pc98@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-pc98;

PowerPC Platform REs (re-ppc@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-powerpc;

sparc64 Platform REs (re-sparc64@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-sparc64;

The third party packages in the Ports Collection are managed by the portmgr@ team. Among many other responsibilities, the port managers keep the ports cluster running smoothly to produce binary packages.

Package Builders (&contact.portmgr;) : &a.portmgr;

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find the release directory or ISO images for older FreeBSD releases?

The FreeBSD Project does not maintain a centralized historical archive of old release ISO images, but there are still many options. First, a large collection of the old releases (many complete with the package sets) is at ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/. Second, try looking on http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org. 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. In September 2003, we know of a case where FreeBSD 1.1 was used in a court of law to invalidate a bogus software patent. Clearly, older releases can be very important in some situations.

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