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Simplify text and improve clarity. PR-URL: #23190 Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]>
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@@ -65,34 +65,28 @@ The open source license grants you the freedom to use Node.js. It does not
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guarantee commitments of other people's time. Please be respectful and manage
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your expectations.
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## Release Types
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The Node.js project maintains multiple types of releases:
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* **Current**: Released from active development branches of this repository,
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versioned by [SemVer](https://semver.org) and signed by a member of the
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[Release Team](#release-team).
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Code for Current releases is organized in this repository by major version
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number. For example: [v4.x](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v4.x).
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The major version number of Current releases will increment every 6 months
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allowing for breaking changes to be introduced. This happens in April and
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October every year. Current release lines beginning in October each year have
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a maximum support life of 8 months. Current release lines beginning in April
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each year will convert to LTS (see below) after 6 months and receive further
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support for 30 months.
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## Release Types
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* **Current**: Under active development. Code for the Current release is in the
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branch for its major version number (for example,
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[v10.x](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v10.x)). Node.js releases a new
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major version every 6 months, allowing for breaking changes. This happens in
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April and October every year. Releases appearing each October have a support
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life of 8 months. Releases appearing each April convert to LTS (see below)
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each October.
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* **LTS**: Releases that receive Long-term Support, with a focus on stability
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and security. Every second Current release line (major version) will become an
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LTS line and receive 18 months of _Active LTS_ support and a further 12
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months of _Maintenance_. LTS release lines are given alphabetically
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ordered codenames, beginning with v4 Argon. LTS releases are less frequent
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and will attempt to maintain consistent major and minor version numbers,
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only incrementing patch version numbers. There are no breaking changes or
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feature additions, except in some special circumstances.
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* **Nightly**: Versions of code in this repository on the current Current
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branch, automatically built every 24-hours where changes exist. Use with
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caution.
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More information can be found in the [LTS README](https://github.com/nodejs/LTS/).
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and security. Every even-numbered major version will become an LTS release.
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LTS releases receive 18 months of _Active LTS_ support and a further 12 months
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of _Maintenance_. LTS release lines have alphabetically-ordered codenames,
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beginning with v4 Argon. There are no breaking changes or feature additions,
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except in some special circumstances.
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* **Nightly**: Code from the Current branch built every 24-hours when there are
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changes. Use with caution.
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Current and LTS releases follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org). A
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member of the [Release Team](#release-team) signs each Current and LTS release.
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For more information, see the
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[Release README](https://github.com/nodejs/Release).
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