1Release notes for FreeBSD 15.0. 2 3This file describes new user-visible features, changes and updates relevant to 4users of binary FreeBSD releases. Each entry should describe the change in no 5more than several sentences and should reference manual pages where an 6interested user can find more information. Entries should wrap after 80 7columns. Each entry should begin with one or more commit IDs on one line, 8specified as a comma separated list and/or range, followed by a colon and a 9newline. Entries should be separated by a newline. 10 11Changes to this file should not be MFCed. 12 13bb830e346bd5: 14 Set the IUTF8 flag by default in tty(4). 15 16 128f63cedc14 and 9e589b093857 added proper UTF-8 backspacing handling 17 in the tty(4) driver, which is enabled by setting the new IUTF8 flag 18 through stty(1). Since the default locale is UTF-8, enable IUTF8 by 19 default. 20 21ff01d71e48d4: 22 dialog(1) has been replaced by bsddialog(1) 23 2441582f28ddf7: 25 FreeBSD 15.0 will not include support for 32-bit platforms. 26 However, 64-bit systems will still be able to run older 32-bit 27 binaries. 28 29 Support for executing 32-bit binaries on 64-bit platforms via 30 COMPAT_FREEBSD32 will remain supported for at least the 31 stable/15 and stable/16 branches. 32 33 Support for compiling individual 32-bit applications via 34 `cc -m32` will also be supported for at least the stable/15 35 branch which includes suitable headers in /usr/include and 36 libraries in /usr/lib32. 37 38 Support for 32-bit platforms in ports for 15.0 and later 39 releases is also deprecated, and these future releases may not 40 include binary packages for 32-bit platforms or support for 41 building 32-bit applications from ports. 42 43 stable/14 and earlier branches will retain existing 32-bit 44 kernel and world support. Ports will retain existing support 45 for building ports and packages for 32-bit systems on stable/14 46 and earlier branches as long as those branches are supported 47 by the ports system. However, all 32-bit platforms are Tier-2 48 or Tier-3 and support for individual ports should be expected 49 to degrade as upstreams deprecate 32-bit platforms. 50 51 With the current support schedule, stable/14 will be EOLed 5 52 years after the release of 14.0. The EOL of stable/14 would 53 mark the end of support for 32-bit platforms including source 54 releases, pre-built packages, and support for building 55 applications from ports. Given an estimated release date of 56 October 2023 for 14.0, support for 32-bit platforms would end 57 in October 2028. 58 59 The project may choose to alter this approach when 15.0 is 60 released by extending some level of 32-bit support for one or 61 more platforms in 15.0 or later. Users should use the 62 stable/14 branch to migrate off of 32-bit platforms. 63