=item *
-We "officially" support the two most recent stable release series. 5.14.x
-and earlier are now out of support. As of the release of 5.20.0, we will
-"officially" end support for Perl 5.16.x, other than providing security
+We "officially" support the two most recent stable release series. 5.16.x
+and earlier are now out of support. As of the release of 5.22.0, we will
+"officially" end support for Perl 5.18.x, other than providing security
updates as described below.
=item *
=item *
+Patches that fix bugs in features that were new in the corresponding 5.x.0
+stable release.
+
+=item *
+
Patches that fix anything which prevents or seriously impacts the build
or installation of perl.
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