From bd998358577b52145f16964a73c657923b10a544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janos Follath Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:13:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] BRANCHES.md: improve wording Co-authored-by: Gilles Peskine Signed-off-by: Janos Follath --- BRANCHES.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/BRANCHES.md b/BRANCHES.md index 844ec51455..0aaacb0fbd 100644 --- a/BRANCHES.md +++ b/BRANCHES.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ the API of 3.(x+1) is backward compatible with 3.x). We only break API compatibility on major version changes (e.g. from 3.x to 4.0). We also maintain ABI compatibility within LTS branches; see the next section for details. -New LTS branches are usually created around the time of a new major version. +Every major version will become an LTS branch when the next major version is +released. We may occasionally create LTS branches from other releases at our +discretion. When a new LTS branch is created, it usually remains supported for three years. ## Backwards Compatibility for application code