Bug 273149 - 13.2 source for amd64. Possible wrong version number listed at top of /usr/src/RELNOTES
Summary: 13.2 source for amd64. Possible wrong version number listed at top of /usr/...
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: conf (show other bugs)
Version: 13.2-RELEASE
Hardware: amd64 Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: FreeBSD Release Engineering
URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-sr...
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Reported: 2023-08-15 17:45 UTC by Alexander Stuy
Modified: 2023-10-16 12:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
grahamperrin: maintainer-feedback? (markj)


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Description Alexander Stuy 2023-08-15 17:45:12 UTC
Hi,

 I would like to report a possible type in /usr/src/RELNOTES, the reported version is 13.0 and I believe should read 13.2.   When downloading v13.2 with 
  git clone -b releng/13.2 --depth 1 https://git.freebsd.org/src.git
/usr/src/RELNOTES reads at the top:

root@mail:/usr/src # more RELNOTES 
Release notes for FreeBSD 13.0.

This file describes new user-visible features, changes and updates relevant to
...


The source code does compile and install 13.2:
root@mail:~ # uname -a
FreeBSD mail.bio.fsu.edu 13.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p2 releng/13.2-4341433a6 MAIL amd64

Also I'd like to thank you guys for FreeBSD.  I've been using it since 1996 and it currently supports over 2 petabytes of data here at FSU Biology, our mail server and web servers, and backup servers.

Thanks,
  Alex
Comment 1 Graham Perrin 2023-10-16 04:38:09 UTC
From initial <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/8dbc2b6e026e930c119ef02f8217fad629e92f12> by markj@:

> The intent is to provide a convenient location to document changes
> that are relevant to users of binary FreeBSD distributions, in contrast
> with UPDATING, …

----

^Triage: 

* request feedback from the initial committer
* see also: URL of the review for the above
* URL for RELNOTES on the releng/13.2 branch, with 13.0 in line 1
* change status, product, and component
* component conf, based on conf for comparable bug 274502
* remove doc@ from the CC list.
Comment 2 Mark Johnston freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-10-16 12:53:31 UTC
I think this is a task for re@.  Every time a new minor branch is created, the version number should be bumped.  I think re@ maintains a checklist for new branch creation, either it should include a note to bump the version, or we should simply remove the version number from RELNOTES.  For instance, the version in main should also be updated to say "FreeBSD 15.0".  Either option seems ok to me.