[Bug 274197] Supported FreeBSD releases, and the FreeBSD support model: resolve inconsistency

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274197

B.S. <bigsneaky@duck.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from B.S. <bigsneaky@duck.com> ---
I have submitted a GitHub PR:

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/567

From FreeBSD 15, stable branches are supported for 4 not 5 years.

Support model's rationale is now spread over 2 announcements.*

List EOL for 13/14 separately instead of detailing old support model. The
curious can read previous model in linked announcements.

Resolve slight ambiguity that "next" minor release triggering 3-month
deprecation period is "next from same branch" and not "next in time". Also not
all minor versions have a "next" release.

Handbook does not use "point release" in upgrading chapter (or elsewhere), so
switch terminology to "minor"/"major". This is also consistent with language of
4-year support announcement, and way releng docs split minor releases into
"dot-zero" vs "point" but 3-month rule applies to dot-zero releases too, not
just "point" ones.

* I think retaining both is informative. The later announcement sets the new
4-year support period but mostly focuses on the quarterly release model. The
earlier one explains basing the model on branches not point releases and
justifies the 3-month rule: although the 5-year support period has changed,
this is still where the "meat" of the support policy is set out and contrasted
to the previous alternative.

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