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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions doc/guides/backporting-to-release-lines.md
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## What can be backported?

The "Current" release line is much more lenient than the LTS release lines in
what can be landed. Our LTS release lines (see the [Release Plan][])
what can be landed. Our Active LTS release lines (see the [Release Plan][])
require that commits mature in the Current release for at least 2 weeks before
they can be landed in an LTS staging branch. Only after "maturation" will those
commits be cherry-picked or backported.
commits be cherry-picked or backported. Our Maintenance release lines require
critical bug fix commits, backports that introduce new feature will be rejected
even if `backport-requested-vN.x` label is set on the original PR.

## How to submit a backport pull request

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