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1 | 1 | Installation instructions for HAProxy |
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4 | | -This is a development version, so it is expected to break from time to time, |
5 | | -to add and remove features without prior notification and it should not be used |
6 | | -in production, unless you're an experienced user and are willing to follow |
7 | | -weekly updates. If you are not used to build from sources or if you are not |
8 | | -used to follow updates then it is recommended that instead you use the packages |
9 | | -provided by your software vendor or Linux distribution. Most of them are taking |
10 | | -this task seriously and are doing a good job at backporting important fixes. |
| 4 | +HAProxy 3.4 is a long-term supported version, which means that it will get |
| 5 | +fixes for bugs as they are discovered till around Q2 2031 and will not receive |
| 6 | +new features. This version is suitable for general deployment as it is expected |
| 7 | +to receive less frequent updates than regular stable branches which have an odd |
| 8 | +digit in the minor version number. New users are encouraged to use long-term |
| 9 | +supported versions such as the ones provided by their software vendor, Linux |
| 10 | +distribution, or by a trusted package maintainer. Experienced users who manage |
| 11 | +a fleet of load balancers are encouraged to deploy at least one node with the |
| 12 | +latest weekly development version to get familiar with upcoming changes and |
| 13 | +possibly detect unwelcome changes or bugs before the release. This is also a |
| 14 | +great way to get new features implemented exactly as desired. |
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12 | 16 | If for any reason you would prefer a different version than the one packaged |
13 | 17 | for your system, you want to be certain to have all the fixes or to get some |
14 | | -commercial support, other choices are available at http://www.haproxy.com/. |
| 18 | +commercial support, other choices are available at https://www.haproxy.com/. |
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17 | 21 | Areas covered in this document |
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