use and supported for an extended period of time. Generally, LTS releases continue to recieve
support even if newer major releases of the distribution are available. Examples include Ubuntu
24.04, Debian 12 Bookworm and RHEL 9.4.
- <literal>pre-release</literal> is for unstable versions of the system, unsuitable for production
+ <literal>development</literal> is for unstable versions of the system, unsuitable for production
use, such as alpha, beta, or rolling unstable releases. Examples include Fedora Rawhide, Debian
Testing, Fedora 40 Beta, and GNOME OS Nightly.
<literal>experiment</literal> is for experimental builds of the system, created specifically to
test some work-in-progress feature. This is meant to be used in combination with <varname>EXPERIMENT=</varname>.
If unset, or an unknown value, assume that the release is <literal>stable</literal>.</para>
- <para>Examples: <literal>RELEASE_TYPE=pre-release</literal>, <literal>RELEASE_TYPE=lts</literal>.
+ <para>Examples: <literal>RELEASE_TYPE=development</literal>, <literal>RELEASE_TYPE=lts</literal>.
</para>
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