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diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index 6b8496c430..26028756d0 100644 --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst @@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major version is released or when the vendor itself drops support, whichever comes first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro -are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS). +are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS); +the same is true of repositories that contain packages backported from later +releases (e.g. Debian backports). Within each major release, only the most +recent minor release is considered. For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on Linux, the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and |