15.0R - Documentation Checklist

FreeBSD 15.0R will transition having the base system built as packages, as well as see the end of the i386 and powerpc32 architectures. It is still unclear if we will sunset freebsd-update(8), or provide a backend for that to use pkg(8).

These are the docs which need to be 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)
• fortune(6)/freebsd-tips
• freebsd-update(8)
• hier(7)
• jail(8)
• nextboot(8)
• release/tools?
• share/man/man4/man4.i386
• packages(7) (D52644)

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 - Merged)
• 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}

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.