FreeBSD 14.4-BETA3 Available

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The third BETA build for the FreeBSD 14.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites.

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[loveydovey]

I have a question. If I have been updating all the patches from 14.3, do I need to update to 14.4? Isn't 14.4 update then just a collection of all the patches since 14.3? How does this work in this situation?

 

[Emrion]

You don't need it until version 14.3-RELEASE reaches its end of life. Each new version of FreeBSD simply adds features.

 

[Beastie]

Isn't 14.4 update then just a collection of all the patches since 14.3?

fetch/install without -r only gives you patches for major bug fixes, i.e. bugs that might compromise your system or make it unusable. Upgrading to a new release, even a minor one like 14.3->14.4, gives you all the new features and minor bug fixes.