From 4f1e2c40a3a3ce6bb25a1e6b25794a6624500e25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 06:23:56 +0000 Subject: Document the existence of branches for stable releases, thanks Vincent McIntyre for the suggestion and text --- README | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index c0c4edf33..281dbb96b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ See also the various files in the subdirectory doc. All help is welcome! Send suggestions to the debian-boot list. Patches can be submitted against the package installation-guide. -Last update: 09 July 2006 +Patches should normally be submitted against the 'trunk' version of +the manual, so they will be included in the next stable release. +However there are some cases where it is appropriate to update the +stable release also: such patches should be made against the branch +for the relevant stable release codename: ^/branches/manual/. + +Last update: 27 September 2016 -- cgit v1.2.3