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title: "FreeBSD 14.2 Release Process"
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= FreeBSD {localRel} Release Process
:localRelPrev: 14.1
:localRel: 14.2
:localBranchHead: head
:localBranchStable: stable/14
:localBranchReleng: releng/14.2
:localMailingList: stable

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== Introduction

This is the release schedule for FreeBSD {localRel}.
For more information about the release engineering process, please see the link:../../../releng/[Release Engineering] section of the web site.

General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public mailto:FreeBSD-{localMailingList}@FreeBSD.org[freebsd-{localMailingList}] mailing list.

// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests should be sent to link:mailto:re@FreeBSD.org[re@FreeBSD.org] following the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/ChangeRequestGuidelines[Change Request Guidelines].

// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests are no longer being accepted for {localBranchReleng}.

// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests should be sent to re@FreeBSD.org.

== Schedule

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|Action |Expected |Actual |Description
|Initial release schedule announcement |- |29 July 2024|Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule.
|Release schedule reminder |7 October 2024 |7 October 2024 |Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule.
|Code slush begins |18 October 2024 |18 October 2024 |Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the {localBranchStable} branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided.
|{localBranchReleng} branch |1 November 2024 |1 November 2024 |{localBranchReleng} branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch.
|BETA1 builds begin |1 November 2024 |1 November 2024 |First beta test snapshot.
|BETA2 builds begin |8 November 2024 |8 November 2024 |Second beta test snapshot.
|BETA3 builds begin |15 November 2024 |16 November 2024 |Third beta test snapshot.
|RC1 builds begin |22 November 2024 |22 November 2024 |First release candidate.
|RELEASE builds begin |29 November 2024 |29 November 2024 |{localRel}-RELEASE builds begin.
|RELEASE announcement |3 December 2024 |3 December 2024 |{localRel}-RELEASE press release.
|{localRelPrev} EoL |31 March 2025 |- |{localRelPrev}-RELEASE no longer supported.
|{localRel} EoL |30 September 2025 |- |{localRel}-RELEASE no longer supported.
|{localBranchStable} EoL |30 November 2028 |- |{localBranchStable} no longer supported.
|===

"*" indicates "as-needed" items.

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== Status / TODO
link:todo/[FreeBSD Release Engineering TODO Page]
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== Additional Information

* link:../../../releng/[FreeBSD Release Engineering website]
