Introduction
List and status of features, components or modules in FreeBSD base (src) that have been proposed, or accepted and scheduled for removal.
Deprecation Policy
In-lieu of a future official and documented deprecation policy, Deprecation Proposals must be:
- Listed on this page
- Have at minimum an Initiator and Schedule (FreeBSD Branch(es) and Date)
- Communicated publicly (via relevant mailing list(s))
- Accepted 1) before being implemented
Additional notes:
- Proposals should include a Testing / Testers section if appropriate.
FreeBSD 15
FreeBSD 14
| Feature | Initiator | Announced | Discussion/Voting | Accepted | Removed | Release Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIPS Architecture | WarnerLosh | freebsd-arch: FreeBSD mips support | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| ndis(4) driver | BrooksDavis | -net, -arch, r368561, D28049 | request to delay removal to 14 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| mn driver | EdMaste | D23928, r368397 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| ce, cp drivers | EdMaste | -stable, D23928 | ✔ | |||
| ftpd | EdMaste | D26447 | ||||
| PROFILE option | EdMaste | -hackers, D30833 | ✔ | disabled fe52b7f60ef4 | ||
| old iSCSI initiator | EdMaste | D32673 | ✔ 48cb3fee2586 | |||
| smbfs | EdMaste | D32707, -current, -stable | ||||
| armv6 | WarnerLosh | -arch@ | Plan Proposed | |||
| ISA sound | EdMaste | -current@ -stable@ D34604 | ✔ | ad1816 ess gusc mss sbc/sb8/sb16 | ||
| telnetd | BrooksDavis. | D36619 | build bsdbox inetd.conf manpages | |||
| OPIE | DagErlingSmørgrav | freebsd-security D36592 | ✔ | 0aa27001 | ||
| Firewire Bootloader support | WarnerLosh | -arch@ D37334 | ✔ | Planned december 2022 | ||
| OpenFirmwware Network Boot support in /boot/loader | WarnerLosh | -arch@ and -powerpc@ | proposed | ETA December 2022 | ||
| NgATM - netgraph ATM | BrooksDavis | -net@ D38877 | NgATM ng_atmllc | |||
| Mergemaster | EdMaste | PR252417 |
FreeBSD 13
| Feature | Initiator | Announced | Discussion/Voting | Accepted | Removed | Release Notes |
| amd(8) | EdMaste | ✔ | ||||
| GCC 4.2.1 | WarnerLosh | -arch | ✔ | |||
| arm v5 | WarnerLosh | ✔ | ||||
| sparc64 | WarnerLosh | ✔ | ||||
| cx, ctau drivers | EdMaste | -stable, r358554 | ✔ | |||
| GDB 6.1.1 | EdMaste | -current, -toolchain, -stable | D27610 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| aout userland support | EdMaste | D27478 D27480 D27481 | ✔ | |||
| pccard | WarnerLosh | -arch | (same, no pushback) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| hme(4) driver | BrooksDavis | r357788 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| gnugrep | KyleEvans | -arch | (no pushback) | ✔ | ✔ |
FreeBSD 12
| Feature | Initiator | Announced | Discussion/Voting |
| armeb | |||
| ATM/NATM |
FreeBSD 11
| Feature | Initiator | Announced | Discussion/Voting |
| IPX | glebius | Oct 28, 2013 | on developers@ |
| AppleTalk | glebius | Oct 28, 2013 | on developers@ |
See Also
- Ongoing "GPL in Base" migration project.
1)
The definition of Accepted for the purposes of this page is intentionally not been prescribed