Re: [RFC] Introduce semantic versioning 2.0.0 to FreeBSD releases

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 20:26 vermaden <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would prefer staying with what we have ... for consistency.
>
> All the tools/scripts/everything have already been 'taught' to interpret
> 14.3-RELEASE-p7 format.
>
> Switching *now* after more then 30 years of FreeBSD releases would only
> cause this: https://xkcd.com/927/
>
> No one wants that confusion.
>

+1 :-)


>  ... but I have better idea.
>
> We already have these:
>
>     % sysctl kern | grep -e kern.osrelease -e kern.version
>     kern.osrelease: 14.3-RELEASE-p7
>     kern.version: FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 GENERIC
>
> Adding additional 'kern.dotrelease' which would be in 0.0.0 format will
> not hurt anyone - yet you will have your version.
>
>     % sysctl kern | grep -e kern.osrelease -e kern.version
>     kern.osrelease: 14.3-RELEASE-p7
>     kern.version: FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 GENERIC
>     kern.dotrelease: 14.3.7
>
> ... and I would also add '-d' flag for freebsd-version(*) to print FreeBSD
> version in '0.0.0' format.
>
> Regards,
> vermaden
>

++1 :-) :-)

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