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author | Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> | 2016-01-06 15:41:37 -0500 |
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committer | Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> | 2016-01-06 22:07:13 +0000 |
commit | fc1793dde99c51ee98349810d396467972b56e6d (patch) | |
tree | a67cdb4c4dfdb9d0da7b806174a2f2036773eec6 /doc/devel | |
parent | d02193c628c1b442909950f310362d9e7b66e94a (diff) | |
download | go-git-fc1793dde99c51ee98349810d396467972b56e6d.tar.gz |
doc: document release support policy
Fixes #12790.
Change-Id: I0f231d198c76632c23692fc1337b57cfeafaf4c7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/18338
Reviewed-by: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/devel')
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diff --git a/doc/devel/release.html b/doc/devel/release.html index 4857e07e3e..adcf6b079c 100644 --- a/doc/devel/release.html +++ b/doc/devel/release.html @@ -12,6 +12,24 @@ git pull git checkout <i>release-branch</i> </pre> +<h2 id="policy">Release Policy</h2> + +<p> +Each major Go release obsoletes and ends support for the previous one. +For example, if Go 1.5 has been released, then it is the current release +and Go 1.4 and earlier are no longer supported. +We fix critical problems in the current release as needed by issuing minor revisions +(for example, Go 1.5.1, Go 1.5.2, and so on). +</p> + +<p> +As a special case, we issue minor revisions for critical security problems +in both the current release and the previous release. +For example, if Go 1.5 is the current release then we will issue minor revisions +to fix critical security problems in both Go 1.4 and Go 1.5 as they arise. +See the <a href="/security">security policy</a> for more details. +</p> + <h2 id="go1.5">go1.5 (released 2015/08/19)</h2> <p> |