pkgbase minor and major upgrades: documentation

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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 07:15:13 UTC

Removed: freebsd-current@, freebsd-hackers@, freebsd-stable@. From 
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-charters>: 
"No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing lists, and only to 2 
when a clear and obvious need to post to both lists exists."

On 09/05/2026, vermaden wrote 
(<https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?ujovnpolztifdfckpexx> and 
<https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?beyrnnjxledtrfjidmdl>):

> PKGBASE Upgrade 15.0-RELEASE to 15.1-BETA2

> Hi,
>
> I was not able to find information on how to upgrade FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE to 15.1-BETA2 in PKGBASE world.
>
> Its simple and known with freebsd-update(8) but a mystery with PKGBASE.
>
> Please advice.
>
> Thanks,
> vermaden
Parallel to the discussion about announcement texts: 
<https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56632> needs review.