2.5.0 Snapshots Coming Soon

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Snapshots for 2.5.0 are almost ready for public consumption.

We have started some documentation for the 2.5.0 release cycle, along with a number of warnings that must be read before proceeding with an upgrade.

• https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-5-0-new-features-and-changes.html
• https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-guide.html#upgrading-from-versions-older-than-pfsense-2-5-0
• https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions-of-pfsense-and-freebsd.html

Notable items:

• AES-NI is not a hardware requirement for 2.5.0
• Snapshots are based on FreeBSD 12.0
• Has OpenSSL 1.1.1
• relayd has been deprecated, as it does not work with OpenSSL 1.1.1
• PHP 7.3
• Python 3.6

For more info, hit the links above or look at the issues on Redmine