From 878aa394a476f28cc9cb2b6c3a07487e7a82d2d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: HonkingGoose <34918129+HonkingGoose@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 18:34:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: describe Renovate version support in FAQ (#10073) Co-authored-by: Michael Kriese <michael.kriese@visualon.de> --- docs/usage/faq.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/usage/faq.md b/docs/usage/faq.md index 350a28fc62..4e653fe5c7 100644 --- a/docs/usage/faq.md +++ b/docs/usage/faq.md @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ It therefore makes sense for Renovate to replace `master` with `main` where poss A branch name has no special meaning within the Git program, it's just a name. The base branch could be called `trunk` or `mainline` or `prod`, and Git would work just as well. +## Which Renovate versions are officialy supported? + +The Renovate maintainers only support the latest version of Renovate. +The Renovate team will only create bugfixes for an older version if the hosted app needs to stay on an older major version for a short time or if some critical bug needs to be fixed and the new major is blocked. + +If you're using the hosted app, you don't need to do anything, as the Renovate maintainers update the hosted app regularly. +If you're self hosting Renovate, use the latest release if possible. + ## What if I need to .. ? ### Use an alternative branch as my Pull Request target -- GitLab