Overview of Proposal

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A promoted release is a release of an active HL project with extensive support by the HL organization. This support typically includes things like a security audit, a licence scan, legal review, and official marketing. It is important to note that this is not exclusive and such activities may be conducted at other times at the discretion of the TSC and/or LF staff.

The criteria for Promoted Releases remain the same as the ones currently defined for First Major Release but Promoted Releases do not require explicit approval from TSC.

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