It is the normal minor-release schedule with the release scheduled for March 9th.
Note that 14.6 will be the final release from the stable/14 branch, and thus
also the final FreeBSD release to support the i386 platform.
14.6-RELEASE schedule:
ports quarterly branch: January 1, 2027
reminder email: January 7, 2027
stable/14 slush: January 21, 2027
doc/ tree slush: January 28, 2027
releng/14.6 branch: February 5, 2027
BETA1 build starts: February 5, 2027
BETA2 build starts: February 12, 2027
doc/ tree tag: February 12, 2027
BETA3 build starts: February 19, 2027
ports package builds: TBD (before February 26)
RC1 build starts: February 26, 2027
RELEASE build starts: March 5, 2027
RELEASE announcement: March 9, 2027
14.5-RELEASE EoL: June 30, 2027
14.6-RELEASE EoL: November 30, 2028
Branch EoL: November 30, 2028
