Adjust the 32-bit deprecation to keep armv7 around for 15.x.
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Authored by jhb on Nov 8 2023, 5:09 PM.

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R9:b33831bdd69f: Adjust the 32-bit deprecation to keep armv7 around for 15.x.

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jhb requested review of this revision.Nov 8 2023, 5:09 PM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B54333: Diff 129866.Nov 8 2023, 5:09 PM

I think this is a sensibler change to make based on the feedback we've received after our earlier announcements. I think we need to send the text of this section out to announce@ as its own e-mail soon.

emaste added inline comments.Nov 8 2023, 5:15 PM

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
827–829	Should we put this note as the 2nd paragraph? Or something like "See below for armv7." there? Basically indicate that all but armv7 will be deprecated? FreeBSD 15.0 is not expected to include support for 32-bit platforms, other than armv7. The armv6, i386, powerpc platforms will be removed.

jhb added inline comments.Nov 8 2023, 5:26 PM

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
827–829	Yeah, probably it should be earlier.

I agree with the overall change.

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
823–824	This change seems wrong, but is a no-op ({releaseCurrent} is 14.0-RELEASE).
827–829	If so, the first "these" on line 810 will need to be more explicit.

jhb added inline comments.Nov 8 2023, 11:13 PM

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
823–824	Oh, I just missed this when updating. I had started with taking a text copy from the page (instead of the raw AsciiDoc) and then merged the modified version back into .adoc and use got this wrong.

Move armv7 note earlier

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B54342: Diff 129881.Nov 8 2023, 11:24 PM

emaste added inline comments.Nov 8 2023, 11:38 PM

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
815–816	Reword this, right now it is "Support for deprecated ... is also deprecated"
826–827	It seems like we are already including some level of 32-bit support for one or more platforms in 15.0 or later, maybe "for additional platforms"? Or something like "This is subject to change prior to FreeBSD 15.0 depending on community feedback and committed efforts to support these platforms."

jhb marked 2 inline comments as done.Nov 9 2023, 12:06 AM

jhb added inline comments.

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
815–816	Yeah, I am not quite sure what to say, I'll play with it. We won't be removing i386 from ports fully for example.

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B54367: Diff 129924.Nov 10 2023, 4:48 AM

Much improved.

website/content/en/releases/14.0R/relnotes.adoc
805	"will be removed" without a timeframe seems misleading; it sounds like they will be gone in 15.0. Maybe "in the future" or something more specific?