Small addition to 14.1 Release Proces web page

From: Erichans <erichanskrs_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 13:30:09 UTC
Hi,



I have a suggestion to add to

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.1R/schedule/

at the Introduction section:

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Announcements of pre-releases, such as 14.1-BETA1 and 14.1-RC1, and
available installation images are made on the <freebsd-stable> mailing
list. 14.1-RELEASE will be announced on <freebsd-announce> and elsewhere.

--



Maybe helpful because:

- Avoids unnecessary failed probes such as "freebsd-update -r 14.1-RC1
upgrade"

After the version jump of source:

https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?h=releng/14.1&id=4de43de58f519f5c7a68925ecadc77cdf37f9f30

it may take some time until binaries have all been made available; because
for example:

https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=af4faed610



- Emphasizes promotion and use of pre-release versions (and efficient use
of FreeBSD mailing lists).

It may well not be immediately clear to FreeBSD novices in general and
users not familiar with -STABLE in particular, anxiously awaiting a
pre-release version, that the stable mailing list is used for these
announcements.



- The FreeBSD Handbook currently does not mention that announcements of
pre-releases are made on the stable mailing list.



Kind regards,

Eric