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diff --git a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md index 97b32c15df1..29b8ec493e7 100644 --- a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md +++ b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md @@ -269,3 +269,14 @@ Other examples of reasons are: - Previously the build would fail due to, e.g., `getaddrinfo` not being defined - The previous download links were all broken - Crash when starting on some X11 systems + +#### Acceptable backport criteria + +The stable branch does have some changes which cannot be backported. Most notable are breaking changes. The desire is to have stable users be uninterrupted when updating packages. + +However, many changes are able to be backported, including: +- New Packages / Modules +- Security / Patch updates +- Version updates which include new functionality (but no breaking changes) +- Services which require a client to be up-to-date regardless. (E.g. `spotify`, `steam`, or `discord`) +- Security critical applications (E.g. `firefox`) |