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Minor tweaks on EOL process

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First, clarify that this is for planned deprecations, not
security-related issues.

Second, we actually _don't_ want to remove the versions from the
approved list before the EOL date, or people will start getting
warnings too early.
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@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ End of Life on an old release series
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
Here are the steps that the maintainer should take when an old Tor release Here are the steps that the maintainer should take when an old Tor release
series reaches End of Life: series reaches End of Life. Note that they are _only_ for entire series that
have reached their planned EOL: they do not apply to security-related
deprecations of individual versions.
=== 0. Preliminaries === 0. Preliminaries
@ -15,11 +17,6 @@ series reaches End of Life:
Send the announcement to tor-announce, tor-talk, tor-relays, and the Send the announcement to tor-announce, tor-talk, tor-relays, and the
packagers. packagers.
2. A few days before End of Life:
Get at least two of weasel/arma/Sebastian to
remove the old version number from their approved versions list.
Give them a few days to do this if you can.
=== 1. On the day === 1. On the day
1. Open tickets to remove the release from: 1. Open tickets to remove the release from:
@ -44,9 +41,8 @@ series reaches End of Life:
- other tickets should be closed (if we won't fix them) or moved to a - other tickets should be closed (if we won't fix them) or moved to a
supported release (if we will fix them) supported release (if we will fix them)
5. Double-check: did the version get un-recommended in the consensus yet? 5. Mail the end of life announcement to tor-announce, the packagers list,
If not, don't announce until they have the up-to-date versions, or people
will get confused.
6. Mail the end of life announcement to tor-announce, the packagers list,
and tor-relays. The current list of packagers is in ReleasingTor.md. and tor-relays. The current list of packagers is in ReleasingTor.md.
6. Get at least two of weasel/arma/Sebastian to remove the old version number
from their approved versions list.