Merge pull request #9006 from bart0sh/PR010-update-LTS-doc

Update LTS description
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@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ backports until the end of life date. They may also accept a wider range of
patches than non-_LTS_ releases to support the longer term maintainability of the patches than non-_LTS_ releases to support the longer term maintainability of the
branch, including library dependency, toolchain (including Go) and other version updates branch, including library dependency, toolchain (including Go) and other version updates
which are needed to ensure each release is built with fully supported dependencies and which are needed to ensure each release is built with fully supported dependencies and
remains usable by containerd clients. There should be at least a 6-month overlap between remains usable by containerd clients. _LTS_ releases can also accept feature backports
to support new Kubernetes releases. The default action has to be reject it though,
for long-term stability. This is still negotiable when the feature is a hard dependency
for a new release of Kubernetes. There should be at least a 6-month overlap between
the end of life of an _LTS_ release and the initial release of a new _LTS_ release. the end of life of an _LTS_ release and the initial release of a new _LTS_ release.
Up to 6 months before the announced end of life of an _LTS_ branch, the branch may Up to 6 months before the announced end of life of an _LTS_ branch, the branch may
convert to a regular _Active_ release with stricter backport criteria. convert to a regular _Active_ release with stricter backport criteria.