Colin Percival, a team leader responsible for releasing FreeBSD, announced changes to the release formation and maintenance processes. Starting with the FreeBSD 15 branch, scheduled for late 2025, the support time for major branches after the first release (15.0) will be reduced from 5 to 4 years. New major branches will be formed every two years. <\/p>\n
A k\u00f6ztes verzi\u00f3k (15.1, 15.2, 15.3) egy fix fejleszt\u00e9si ciklus keretein bel\u00fcl ker\u00fclnek megval\u00f3s\u00edt\u00e1sra, amely \u00faj verzi\u00f3k k\u00f6zz\u00e9t\u00e9tel\u00e9t jelenti egy \u00e1gon k\u00f6r\u00fclbel\u00fcl 6 havonta, nem pedig \u00e9vente egyszer, mint eddig. Figyelembe v\u00e9ve k\u00e9t k\u00fcl\u00f6nb\u00f6z\u0151 jelent\u0151s \u00e1g egyidej\u0171 t\u00e1mogat\u00e1s\u00e1t, az \u00faj k\u00f6ztes verzi\u00f3 3 havonta ker\u00fcl kiad\u00e1sra (15.4, 16.1, 15.5, 16.2 stb.), kiv\u00e9ve az \u00faj jelent\u0151s \u00e1gak els\u0151 kiad\u00e1s\u00e1nak el\u0151k\u00e9sz\u00edt\u00e9se el\u0151tt, amikor 6 h\u00f3napos sz\u00fcnet lesz a kiad\u00e1sokban (p\u00e9ld\u00e1ul a 15.3-as verzi\u00f3 2027 j\u00fanius\u00e1ban, a 16.0 2027 december\u00e9ben, a 15.4 m\u00e1rciusban 2028-ban, a 16.1 pedig 2028 j\u00fanius\u00e1ban fog megjelenni). <\/p>\n
It is noted that recent optimizations in the interaction between teams responsible for release formation and development have reduced the release preparation process to 3 beta versions and one release candidate, instead of 3-4 beta versions and 3-6 release candidates. With such a development organization, 3 months is quite sufficient for preparing an intermediate release. The reduction of the release preparation cycle will facilitate the delivery of new features to users more promptly and alleviate the load when preparing each release. The overall predictable development model will simplify planning for users transitioning to new releases, but in case of critical issues, developers reserve the right to postpone the release until the fix is ready. <\/p>\n
The new schedule for forming and supporting FreeBSD releases: <\/p>\n