=item *
-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
+We "officially" support the two most recent stable release series. 5.20.x
+and earlier are now out of support. As of the release of 5.26.0, we will
+"officially" end support for Perl 5.22.x, other than providing security
updates as described below.
=item *
advice to you as you do so and, where possible will try to apply
those patches to the relevant -maint branches in git, though we may or
may not choose to make numbered releases or "official" patches
-available. Contact us at E<lt>perl5-security-report@perl.orgE<gt>
-to begin that process.
+available. See L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
+for details on how to begin that process.
=back
=item *
Patches that fix CVEs or security issues. These changes should
-be run through the perl5-security-report@perl.org mailing list
-rather than applied directly.
+be passed using the security reporting mechanism rather than applied
+directly; see L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>.
=item *
=item *
+Patches that fix bugs in features that were new in the corresponding 5.x.0
+stable release.
+
+=item *
+
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or installation of perl.
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