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Current Release Schedule and support
Note: These are examples, only the first minor release number of each major LTS branch is guaranteed to be made.
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As you can see, we no longer make any sort of development releases. Also, there's no longer a backport voting process! The latter means that all developers and users must make a higher commitment to reviewing changes as they go into master and the incompatible release branch. Other than that, it's pretty much business as usual, but easier for everyone involved. This git branch diagram shows an example how the git tree will be managed:
Making minor releases within an LTS branch
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