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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-14 20:15:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-14 20:15:44 +0000 |
| commit | 1a42a93b11c48e696446250f2a1f1ca71b350e9b (patch) | |
| tree | 900e3702d59f6d7cae8f7def94ed5194602f6846 /doc/SUPPORT-POLICY | |
| parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 13.3.4.upstream/13.3.4upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/SUPPORT-POLICY b/doc/SUPPORT-POLICY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9463e49 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/SUPPORT-POLICY @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +SUPPORT POLICY FOR DEBHELPER COMPAT LEVELS +========================================== + +The current policy for supporting compat levels is: + + * A compat level may be deprecated once the latest oldoldstable release + supports a /newer/ compat level. (E.g. compat 9 can be deprecated once + jessie becomes oldoldstable). + + * Alternatively, a compat level may be deprecated if a debhelper version + supporting a newer compat level is backported to oldoldstable-backports/ + oldoldstable-backports-sloppy and the oldest supported Ubuntu LTS release. + + * These rules are independent of whether Debian oldoldstable is still + supported. + + * Deprecated compat levels may be removed in unstable once it as been released + in Debian stable as deprecated (provided that the deprecation has been + announced at least one year prior to the freeze of said stable release). + |