MINOR: version: mention that it's 3.4 LTS now.

The version will be maintained up to around Q2 2031. Let's
also update the INSTALL file to mention this.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4490ed7e451d06c4990bdf1a5c7999c8d979b70e..22383fdf4132cdb75c6c79714ed2402d41641c0f 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 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, unless you're an experienced user and are willing to follow
-weekly updates. 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.
+HAProxy 3.4 is a long-term supported version, which means that it will get
+fixes for bugs as they are discovered till around Q2 2031 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 encouraged to use long-term
+supported versions such as the ones provided by their software vendor, Linux
+distribution, or by a trusted package maintainer. Experienced users who manage
+a fleet of load balancers are encouraged to deploy at least one node with the
+latest weekly development version to get familiar with upcoming changes and
+possibly detect unwelcome changes or bugs before the release. This is also a
+great way to get new features implemented exactly as desired.
 
 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/.
+commercial support, other choices are available at https://www.haproxy.com/.
 
 
 Areas covered in this document

diff --git a/include/haproxy/version.h b/include/haproxy/version.h
index d16d002121d013e8ed48810a7f08520fc0fe71f2..7e08fdc645c308333126a56cf71c5414beec4b79 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 2031."
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRODUCT_URL_BUGS