This is the release schedule for &os; &local.rel;. For more information about the release engineering process, please see the Release Engineering section of the web site.
Important: This schedule is tentative, and may be subject to change.
General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public freebsd-current mailing list. MFC requests should be sent to re@FreeBSD.org.
&beta.local.where; &beta2.local.where;During the &local.branch.head; freeze, the Release Engineering Team may create ALPHA snapshots to publish for testing purposes. As the frequency and total number of the ALPHA snapshots will depend on the length of time the &local.branch.head; branch is frozen, no official schedule is provided.
Announcements regarding the availability of the ALPHA snapshots will be sent to the freebsd-current and freebsd-snapshots mailing lists.
| Action | Expected | Actual | Description | |
| Initial release schedule announcement | - | 26 February 2015 | Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. | |
| Release schedule reminder | 25 March 2016 | - | Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. | |
| Code slush begins | -22 April 2016 | +27 May 2016 | - | Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the &local.branch.head; branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
| Code freeze begins | -29 April 2016 | +10 June 2016 | - | Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the &local.branch.head; branch will require explicit approval. Certain blanket approvals will be granted for narrow areas of development, documentation improvements, etc. |
| KBI freeze begins | -13 May 2016 | +24 June 2016 | - | Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the &local.branch.head; branch will require explicit approval. Additionally, there can be no changes to the KBI until &local.branch.head; is branched to &local.branch.stable;. |
| &local.branch.stable; branch | -10 June 2016 | +8 July 2016 | - | Subversion branch created; release engineering continues on this branch. |
| BETA1 builds begin | -10 June 2016 | +8 July 2016 | - | First beta test snapshot. |
| &local.branch.head; thaw | -11 June 2016 | +9 July 2016 | - | The code freeze on the &local.branch.head; branch is lifted. |
| BETA2 builds begin | -17 June 2016 | +15 July 2016 | - | Second beta test snapshot. |
| BETA3 builds begin * | -24 June 2016 | +22 July 2016 | - | Third beta test snapshot. |
| &local.branch.releng; branch | -1 July 2016 | +29 July 2016 | - | Subversion branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
| RC1 builds begin | -1 July 2016 | +29 July 2016 | - | First release candidate. |
| &local.branch.stable; thaw | -2 July 2016 | +30 July 2016 | - | The code freeze on the &local.branch.stable; branch is lifted. |
| RC2 builds begin | -8 July 2016 | +5 August 2016 | - | Second release candidate. |
| RC3 builds begin * | -15 July 2016 | +12 August 2016 | - | Third release candidate. |
| RELEASE builds begin | -22 July 2016 | +19 August 2016 | - | &local.rel;-RELEASE builds begin. |
| RELEASE announcement | -27 July 2016 | +2 September 2016 | - | &local.rel;-RELEASE press release. |
| Turn over to the secteam | - | - | &local.branch.releng; branch is handed over to the &os; Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after the announcement. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
This page contains documentation about the FreeBSD release engineering process.
NOTE: Release dates are approximate and may be subject to schedule slippage.
| Date | Event | Information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | +September 2016 | &os; 11.0 | Target Schedule |
The following table lists the code freeze status for the 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/, is also provided below.
| Branch | Status | Contact | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | Open | committers | Active development branch for 11.0-CURRENT. |
| stable/10 | Frozen | &contact.re; | Development branch for FreeBSD 10-STABLE. |
| releng/10.2 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 10.2 supported errata fix branch. |
| releng/10.1 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 10.1 supported errata fix branch. |
| releng/10.0 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 10.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| stable/9 | Open | committers | Development branch for FreeBSD 9-STABLE. |
| releng/9.3 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 9.3 supported errata fix branch. |
| releng/9.2 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 9.2 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/9.1 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 9.1 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/9.0 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 9.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| stable/8 | Open | committers | Maintenance branch for 8-STABLE (not officially supported). |
| releng/8.4 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 8.4 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/8.3 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 8.3 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/8.2 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 8.2 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/8.1 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 8.1 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/8.0 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 8.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| stable/7 | Open | committers | Maintenance branch for 7-STABLE (not officially supported). |
| releng/7.4 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 7.4 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/7.3 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 7.3 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/7.2 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 7.2 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/7.1 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 7.1 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/7.0 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 7.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| stable/6 | Open | committers | Maintenance branch for 6-STABLE (not officially supported). |
| releng/6.4 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 6.4 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/6.3 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 6.3 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/6.2 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 6.2 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/6.1 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 6.1 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| releng/6.0 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 6.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| stable/5 | Open | committers | Maintenance branch for 5-STABLE (not officially supported). |
| releng/5.5 | Frozen | &contact.so; | FreeBSD 5.5 errata fix branch (not officially supported). |
| 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). |
| stable/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). |
| stable/3 | Open | committers | Maintenance branch for 3-STABLE (not officially supported). |
| stable/2.2 | Open | committers | Maintenance branch for 2.2-STABLE (not officially supported). |
| Subtree | Status | Contact | Notes |
| ports/ | Open | &contact.portmgr; | FreeBSD Ports Collection. |
| doc/ | Open | &contact.doc; | SGML/XML based documentation set. |
FreeBSD
Release Engineering
Describes 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
productization.
FreeBSD
Release Engineering for Third Party Packages
Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD release
engineering team to produce a high quality package set
suitable for official FreeBSD release media. This document is
a work in progress, but eventually it will cover the process
used to build a clean package set on the FreeBSD.org "Ports
Cluster", how to configure any other set of machines as a
ports cluster, how to split up the packages for the release
media, and how to verify that a package set is
consistent.
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 builders release engineering team is responsible for building and packaging FreeBSD releases on the various supported platforms.
Builders REs (re-builders@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-builders;
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.members;
The &os; Project does not maintain a complete 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.