15.0R - Documentation Checklist

FreeBSD 15.0R debuts a tech preview where the base system components are deployed as packages, as well as see the end of the i386 and powerpc32 architectures.

The plan currently is that freebsd-base(7) explains managing the system as with packages. The build(7) manual describes building the system. Please let me know if anyone has any other ideas or corner cases we're forgetting.

These are the docs which ideally would have been updated by December 2025, before the FreeBSD 15.0R release date, due to this change. So far, I am confident this covers all the material for updating, but perhaps I am forgetting things for the architectures being deprecated.

src/ docs

I am allegedly actively working on these. Help is needed, please add me as a reviewer.

• bsdconfig(8)/examples
• bsdinstall(8)
• build(8) (D50289)
(D55528) (D55700) (D56217)
• fortune(6)/freebsd-tips
• freebsd-update(8)
• hier(7)
• jail(8)
(D53745)
• nextboot(8)
• release/tools?
• share/man/man4/man4.i386
• packages(7) (D52644)
(D54036) (D54065) (D55458)

doc/ docs

I am not working on these. Help is needed, please add me as a subscriber.

• articles/freebsd-update-server
• articles/linux-users
• articles/freebsd-releng
• books/faq
• books/handbook/cutting-edge (D51279)
• books/handbook/bsdinstall
• books/handbook/jails
• books/handbook/security
• books/handbook/mirrors
• books/handbook/mirrors-ftp
• books/handbook/virtualization
• books/porters-handbook/versions
• books/porters-handbook/testing
• website/archetypes/{release notes stuff}
(D54433)

The doc/ tree shows a lot of requisite churn:

git grep freebsd-update | wc -l
3943

Fortunately most of these are past relnotes, errata, and news items. Unfortunately, everything that needs updated has ? translations.