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> (a) there are 3 simultaneous production releases (13.0, 12.3, 12.2) - which seems confusing and lack of focus Don't you mean 13.0, 12.2 and 11.4? This is pr

> (a) there are 3 simultaneous production releases (13.0, 12.3, 12.2) - which seems confusing and lack of focus Don't you mean 13.0, 12.2 and 11.4? This is pretty common in other software too, isn't it? Ubuntu for example has 18.04 supported until 2023, 20.04 until 2025 and 22.04 (coming out soon) until 2027: https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle Python has 4 supported versions: https://endoflife.date/python https://endoflife.date/python, and so does node: https://endoflife.date/nodejs https://endoflife.date/nodejs.

tiffanyh 5y ago
> Don't you mean 13.0, 12.2 and 11.4? Directly from freebsd.org front page, "Production: 13.0, 12.3, 12.2" But to your point, it seems like FreeBSD could eliminate a branch since what equates to the "LTS" gets confusing due to the version methodology [0] in use. Instead of the current flow of: CURRENT > STABLE > BETA* > RC* > RELEASE Maybe a more approach version methodology would be: STABLE (stable major release) > CURRENT (testing minor release) > RELEASE (stable minor release) ^ | |------------------------------------------ [0] https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup
toast0 5y ago
> Don't you mean 13.0, 12.2 and 11.4? 11.4 (and with it, the 11 major release) went out of support on September 30, 2021 12.2 will go out of support on March 31, 2022 Then it'll only be 13.0 and 12.2 supported; but 13.1 is expected to release in late April, and we'll have 13.1, 13.0, and 12.2.