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@@ -730,8 +730,14 @@ Custom package repositories are not supported on NetBSD builds.
Maintainer: Francesco Gazzetta <fgaz@fgaz.me>
-Support policy: NixOS upstream does not have a clear support policy. We ship the
-latest stable version and the latest bleeding edge.
+Support policy: NixOS upstream does not have a clear support policy, but usually
+old releases continue to get security fixes for
+[a short amount of time](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_channels#The_official_channels)
+after they are superseded.
+We ship the latest stable version (channel `nixos-YY.MM`)
+and the latest bleeding edge (channel `nixos-unstable`).
+We remove old versions after they are marked as "End of life" at
+[status.nixos.org](https://status.nixos.org/).
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