MINOR: version: mention that it's LTS now.

The version will be maintained up to around Q2 2026. Let's
also update the INSTALL file to mention this.
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INSTALL
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Installation instructions for HAProxy Installation instructions for HAProxy
===================================== =====================================
This is a development version, so it is expected to break from time to time, HAProxy 2.4 is a long-term supported version, which means that it will get
to add and remove features without prior notification and it should not be used fixes for bugs as they are discovered till around Q2 2026 and will not receive
in production. If you are not used to build from sources or if you are not used new features. This version is suitable for general deployment as it is expected
to follow updates then it is recommended that instead you use the packages to receive less frequent updates than regular stable branches which have an odd
provided by your software vendor or Linux distribution. Most of them are taking digit in the minor version number. New users are strongly advised encouraged to
this task seriously and are doing a good job at backporting important fixes. If use only such long-term supported versions such as the ones provided by their
for any reason you'd prefer to use a different version than the one packaged software vendor or Linux distribution. If for any reason you would prefer a
for your system, you want to be certain to have all the fixes or to get some different version than the one packaged for your system, you want to be certain
commercial support, other choices are available at http://www.haproxy.com/. to have all the fixes or to get some commercial support, other choices are
available at http://www.haproxy.com/.
Areas covered in this document Areas covered in this document

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#ifdef CONFIG_PRODUCT_STATUS #ifdef CONFIG_PRODUCT_STATUS
#define PRODUCT_STATUS CONFIG_PRODUCT_STATUS #define PRODUCT_STATUS CONFIG_PRODUCT_STATUS
#else #else
#define PRODUCT_STATUS "Status: development branch - not safe for use in production." #define PRODUCT_STATUS "Status: long-term supported branch - will stop receiving fixes around Q2 2026."
#endif #endif
#ifdef CONFIG_PRODUCT_URL_BUGS #ifdef CONFIG_PRODUCT_URL_BUGS