doc: permit maintenance on more than the 2 last maintenance releases

it is possible to do some ponctual backporting of bug fixes, on older
than the 2 last maintenance releases.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Guibert <philippe.guibert@6wind.com>
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Philippe Guibert 2019-03-22 15:56:11 +01:00
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@ -99,9 +99,14 @@ Bugfix releases are made as needed at 1 month intervals until the next
``MAJOR.MINOR`` release branch is pulled. Depending on the severity of the bugs,
bugfix releases may occur sooner.
Bugfixes are applied to the two most recent releases. Security fixes are
backported to all releases less than or equal to at least one year old. Security
fixes may also be backported to older releases depending on severity.
Bugfixes are applied to the two most recent releases. However, backporting of bug
fixes to older than the two most recent releases will not be prevented, if acked
under the classical development workflow applying for a pull request.
Security fixes are backported to all releases less than or equal to at least one
year old. Security fixes may also be backported to older releases depending on
severity.
Long term support branches ( LTS )
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