MINOR: version: mention that it's LTS now.

The version will be maintained up to around Q2 2026. Let's
also update the INSTALL file to mention this.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 16d449daccbfa1a2f00fc732ffdb74401455d77a..480a46842329db4b0c1747833496c432c279148a 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 Installation instructions for HAProxy
 =====================================
 
-This is a development version, so it is expected to break from time to time,
-to add and remove features without prior notification and it should not be used
-in production. If you are not used to build from sources or if you are not used
-to follow updates then it is recommended that instead you use the packages
-provided by your software vendor or Linux distribution. Most of them are taking
-this task seriously and are doing a good job at backporting important fixes. If
-for any reason you'd prefer to use a different version than the one packaged
-for your system, you want to be certain to have all the fixes or to get some
-commercial support, other choices are available at http://www.haproxy.com/.
+HAProxy 2.4 is a long-term supported version, which means that it will get
+fixes for bugs as they are discovered till around Q2 2026 and will not receive
+new features. This version is suitable for general deployment as it is expected
+to receive less frequent updates than regular stable branches which have an odd
+digit in the minor version number. New users are strongly advised encouraged to
+use only such long-term supported versions such as the ones provided by their
+software vendor or Linux distribution. If for any reason you would prefer a
+different version than the one packaged for your system, you want to be certain
+to have all the fixes or to get some commercial support, other choices are
+available at http://www.haproxy.com/.
 
 
 Areas covered in this document

diff --git a/include/haproxy/version.h b/include/haproxy/version.h
index 6d67290ce7facf7969cdbc530955100ce3ea9174..0b309a0bc13a385b1297100d82c0689488d2d39f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/haproxy/version.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/version.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #ifdef  CONFIG_PRODUCT_STATUS
 #define PRODUCT_STATUS    CONFIG_PRODUCT_STATUS
 #else
-#define PRODUCT_STATUS   "Status: development branch - not safe for use in production."
+#define PRODUCT_STATUS   "Status: long-term supported branch - will stop receiving fixes around Q2 2026."
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRODUCT_URL_BUGS