Signed-off-by: Mike Holmes <[email protected]>
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 doc/process-guide/release-guide.adoc | 12 ++++++++++++
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 === Implementation (Impl) ===
 Platform specific free form text relating to the version.
 
+=== Long Term Stable (LTS) ===
+Long term stable releases are picked by the steering committee.
+When the API in master is considered an LTS candidate it will be tagged with a
+release name and RC1 for the initial release candidate.
+
+* This release will be branched so that development may continue on master.
+* The release candidate will continue incrementing as necessary until a minimum
+of two hardware platforms are able to pass the validation suite, at this point
+the API is considered stable and it will be tagged as the long term stable API.
+* This stable branch will receive bug fixes for the LNG supported platforms for
+a minimum of one year.
+
 == Deprecating part of the API
 Deleting or changing the published API follows the normal 
<<anchor-1,process>>, with the following additional rules:
 
-- 
2.5.0

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