readme: add notes on release policy

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Vojtěch Káně 2020-02-23 22:40:31 +01:00 committed by Robert Helgesson
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@ -303,6 +303,17 @@ in your system configuration and
in your Home Manager configuration.
Releases
--------
Home Manager is developed against `nixpkgs-unstable` branch, which
often causes it to contain tweaks for changes/packages not yet
released in stable NixOS. To avoid breaking users' configurations,
Home Manager is released in branches corresponding to NixOS releases
(e.g. `release-19.09`). These branches get fixes, but usually not new
modules. If you need a module to be backported, then feel free to open
an issue.
[Bash]: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
[Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix/
[NixOS]: https://nixos.org/