From 954890a42f143896d5892066f7b5a0f2b120fbfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 02:52:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add information on release cycle and backports --- doc/manual/src/release-notes/release-notes.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/release-notes.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/release-notes.md index b05d5ee0a..dbda0babd 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/release-notes.md @@ -1 +1,7 @@ # Nix Release Notes + +Nix has a release cycle of roughly 6 weeks. +Notable changes and additions are announced in the release notes for each version. + +Bugfixes can be backported on request to the Nix version used in the latest NixOS release, which is announced in the [NixOS release notes](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes.html#ch-release-notes). +