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RELNOTES: Note the deprecation of 32-bit platforms for 15.0.

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This draws a line in the sand of removing support for 32-bit worlds
and kernels aside from COMPAT_FREEBSD32 and lib32 support.  The
project may choose to alter this approach when 15.0 is released by
extending some level of 32-bit support in 15.0 or later.

In particular, at present there is a fair bit of interest in retaining
armv7 support in 15.0 at least.

Reviewed by:	brooks
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41164
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FreeBSD 15.0 will not include support for 32-bit platforms.
However, 64-bit systems will still be able to run older 32-bit
binaries.
Support for executing 32-bit binaries on 64-bit platforms via
COMPAT_FREEBSD32 will remain supported for at least the
stable/15 and stable/16 branches.
Support for compiling individual 32-bit applications via
`cc -m32` will also be supported for at least the stable/15
branch which includes suitable headers in /usr/include and
libraries in /usr/lib32.
Support for 32-bit platforms in ports for 15.0 and later
releases is also deprecated, and these future releases may not
include binary packages for 32-bit platforms or support for
building 32-bit applications from ports.
stable/14 and earlier branches will retain existing 32-bit
kernel and world support. Ports will retain existing support
for building ports and packages on 32-bit systems on stable/14
and earlier branches as long as those branches are supported
by the ports system. However, all 32-bit platforms are Tier-2
or Tier-3 and support for individual ports should be expected
to degrade as upstreams deprecate 32-bit platforms.
With the current support schedule, stable/14 will be EOLed 5
years after the release of 14.0. The EOL of stable/14 would
mark the end of support for 32-bit platforms including source
releases, pre-built packages, and support for building
applications from ports. Given an estimated release date of
October 2023 for 14.0, support for 32-bit platforms would end
in October 2028.
The project may choose to alter this approach when 15.0 is
released by extending some level of 32-bit support for one or
more platforms in 15.0 or later. Users should use the
stable/14 branch to migrate off of 32-bit platforms.
3cb2f5f369ec:
The lua-flavored loader(8) will now interpret .lua files that appear in
loader_conf_files as lua, and execute them in a sandbox. Existing