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  15     <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
  16
  17     <author>
  18       <orgname>The &os; Project</orgname>
  19     </author>
  20
  21     <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
  22
  23     <copyright>
  24       <year>2000</year>
  25       <year>2001</year>
  26       <year>2002</year>
  27       <year>2003</year>
  28       <year>2004</year>
  29       <year>2005</year>
  30       <year>2006</year>
  31       <year>2007</year>
  32       <year>2008</year>
  33       <year>2009</year>
  34       <year>2010</year>
  35       <year>2011</year>
  36       <year>2012</year>
  37       <year>2013</year>
  38       <year>2014</year>
  39       <year>2015</year>
  40       <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
  41         Project</holder>
  42     </copyright>
  43
  44     <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
  45       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
  46       &tm-attrib.ibm;
  47       &tm-attrib.ieee;
  48       &tm-attrib.intel;
  49       &tm-attrib.sparc;
  50       &tm-attrib.general;
  51     </legalnotice>
  52
  53     <abstract>
  54       <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain
  55         a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
  56         &release.branch; development line.  This document lists
  57         applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
  58         release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and
  59         userland.  Some brief remarks on upgrading are also
  60         presented.</para>
  61     </abstract>
  62   </info>
  63
  64   <sect1 xml:id="intro">
  65     <title>Introduction</title>
  66
  67     <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
  68       &release.current;.  It describes recently added, changed, or
  69       deleted features of &os;.  It also provides some notes on
  70       upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para>
  71
  72     <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to
  73       which these release notes apply represents the latest point
  74       along the &release.branch; development branch since
  75       &release.branch; was created.  Information regarding pre-built,
  76       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  77       found at <uri
  78         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  79
  80     <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to
  81       which these release notes apply represents a point along the
  82       &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and
  83       the future &release.next;.  Information regarding pre-built,
  84       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  85       found at <uri
  86         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  87
  88     <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os;
  89       &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution.  It can be
  90       found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or
  91       any of its mirrors.  More information on obtaining this (or
  92       other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the
  93       <link
  94         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
  95           &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link
  96         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os;
  97         Handbook</link>.</para>
  98
  99     <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata
 100       before installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
 101       <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
 102       release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
 103       information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections
 104       to documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
 105       &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
 106   </sect1>
 107
 108   <sect1 xml:id="new">
 109     <title>What's New</title>
 110
 111     <para>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed
 112       features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para>
 113
 114     <para>Typical release note items document recent security
 115       advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware
 116       support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or
 117       contributed software upgrades.  They may also list changes to
 118       major ports/packages or release engineering practices.  Clearly
 119       the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os;
 120       between releases; this document focuses primarily on security
 121       advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural
 122       improvements.</para>
 123
 124     <sect2 xml:id="security">
 125       <title>Security Advisories</title>
 126
 127       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 128
 129     </sect2>
 130
 131     <sect2 xml:id="kernel">
 132       <title>Kernel Changes</title>
 133
 134       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 135
 136       <sect3 xml:id="kernel-virtualization">
 137         <title>Virtualization Support</title>
 138
 139         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 140       </sect3>
 141
 142       <sect3 xml:id="kernel-arm">
 143         <title>ARM Support</title>
 144
 145         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 146       </sect3>
 147
 148       <sect3 xml:id="boot">
 149         <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 150
 151         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 152       </sect3>
 153
 154       <sect3 xml:id="proc">
 155         <title>Hardware Support</title>
 156
 157         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 158
 159         <sect4 xml:id="mm">
 160           <title>Multimedia Support</title>
 161
 162           <para>&nbsp;</para>
 163         </sect4>
 164
 165         <sect4 xml:id="net-if">
 166           <title>Network Interface Support</title>
 167
 168           <para>&nbsp;</para>
 169         </sect4>
 170       </sect3>
 171
 172       <sect3 xml:id="net-proto">
 173         <title>Network Protocols</title>
 174
 175         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 176       </sect3>
 177
 178       <sect3 xml:id="disks">
 179         <title>Disks and Storage</title>
 180
 181         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 182       </sect3>
 183
 184       <sect3 xml:id="fs">
 185         <title>File Systems</title>
 186
 187         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 188       </sect3>
 189     </sect2>
 190
 191     <sect2 xml:id="userland">
 192       <title>Userland Changes</title>
 193
 194       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 195
 196       <sect3 xml:id="rc-scripts">
 197         <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
 198
 199         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 200       </sect3>
 201     </sect2>
 202
 203     <sect2 xml:id="contrib">
 204       <title>Contributed Software</title>
 205
 206       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 207     </sect2>
 208
 209     <sect2 xml:id="ports">
 210       <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
 211
 212       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 213     </sect2>
 214
 215     <sect2 xml:id="releng">
 216       <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
 217
 218       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 219     </sect2>
 220
 221     <sect2 xml:id="doc">
 222       <title>Documentation</title>
 223
 224       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 225     </sect2>
 226   </sect1>
 227
 228   <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
 229     <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
 230
 231     <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
 232       (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
 233       using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
 234       procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
 235       unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel distributed as
 236       a part of an official &os; release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8;
 237       utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet
 238       connectivity.</para>
 239
 240     <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
 241       base system from source code) from previous versions are
 242       supported, according to the instructions in
 243       <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
 244
 245     <important>
 246       <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after
 247         backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration
 248         files.</para>
 249     </important>
 250   </sect1>
 251 </article>