Merge pull request containerd#9833 from dmcgowan/update-1.7-release-timeline

Update 1.7 support timeline

Author: mxpv

RELEASES.md

@@ -106,21 +106,26 @@ convert to a regular _Active_ release with stricter backport criteria.
 
 The current state is available in the following tables:
 
-| Release                                                              | Status        | Start              | End of Life                                      |
-| ---------                                                            | ------------- | ------------------ | -------------------                              |
-| [0.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/0.0.5)   | End of Life   | Dec 4, 2015        | -                                                |
-| [0.1](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v0.1.0)  | End of Life   | Mar 21, 2016       | -                                                |
-| [0.2](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/v0.2.x)          | End of Life   | Apr 21, 2016       | December 5, 2017                                 |
-| [1.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.0.3)  | End of Life   | December 5, 2017   | December 5, 2018                                 |
-| [1.1](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.1.8)  | End of Life   | April 23, 2018     | October 23, 2019                                 |
-| [1.2](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.2.13) | End of Life   | October 24, 2018   | October 15, 2020                                 |
-| [1.3](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.3.10) | End of Life   | September 26, 2019 | March 4, 2021                                    |
-| [1.4](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.13) | End of Life   | August 17, 2020    | March 3, 2022                                    |
-| [1.5](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.18) | End of Life   | May 3, 2021        | February 28, 2023                                |
-| [1.6](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.23) | LTS           | February 15, 2022  | max(February 15, 2025 or next LTS + 6 months)    |
-| [1.7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.3)  | Active        | March 10, 2023     | max(March 10, 2024 or release of 2.0 + 6 months) |
-| [2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/milestone/35)         | Next          | TBD                | TBD                                              |
-
+| Release                                                              | Status        | Start              | End of Life                                             |
+| ---------                                                            | ------------- | ------------------ | -------------------                                     |
+| [0.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/0.0.5)   | End of Life   | Dec 4, 2015        | -                                                       |
+| [0.1](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v0.1.0)  | End of Life   | Mar 21, 2016       | -                                                       |
+| [0.2](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/v0.2.x)          | End of Life   | Apr 21, 2016       | December 5, 2017                                        |
+| [1.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.0.3)  | End of Life   | December 5, 2017   | December 5, 2018                                        |
+| [1.1](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.1.8)  | End of Life   | April 23, 2018     | October 23, 2019                                        |
+| [1.2](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.2.13) | End of Life   | October 24, 2018   | October 15, 2020                                        |
+| [1.3](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.3.10) | End of Life   | September 26, 2019 | March 4, 2021                                           |
+| [1.4](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.13) | End of Life   | August 17, 2020    | March 3, 2022                                           |
+| [1.5](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.18) | End of Life   | May 3, 2021        | February 28, 2023                                       |
+| [1.6](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.23) | LTS           | February 15, 2022  | max(February 15, 2025 or next LTS + 6 months)           |
+| [1.7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.3)  | Active        | March 10, 2023     | active(release of 2.0 + 6 months), extended(EOL of 1.6) |
+| [2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/milestone/35)         | Next          | TBD                | TBD                                                     |
+
+> **_NOTE_** containerd v1.7 will end of life at the same time as v1.6 LTS. Due to
+> [Minimal Version Selection](https://go.dev/ref/mod#minimal-version-selection) used
+> by Go modules, 1.7 must be supported until EOL of all 1.x releases. Once 1.7 is in
+> extended support, it will continue to accept security patches in addition to client
+> changes relevant for package importers using the 1.6 LTS daemon.
 
 ### Kubernetes Support