1*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard# Long Term Support (LTS) Branches 2*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard 3*3f982cf4SFabien SanglardThis repository contains periodic snapshots of the Abseil codebase that are 4*3f982cf4SFabien SanglardLong Term Support (LTS) branches. An LTS branch allows you to use a known 5*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglardversion of Abseil without interfering with other projects which may also, in 6*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglardturn, use Abseil. (For more information about our releases, see the 7*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard[Abseil Release Management](https://abseil.io/about/releases) guide.) 8*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard 9*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard## LTS Branches 10*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard 11*3f982cf4SFabien SanglardThe following lists LTS branches and the dates on which they have been released: 12*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard 13*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard* [LTS Branch December 18, 2018](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2018_12_18/) 14*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard* [LTS Branch June 20, 2018](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2018_06_20/) 15*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard* [LTS Branch August 8, 2019](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2019_08_08/) 16*3f982cf4SFabien Sanglard* [LTS Branch February 25, 2020](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2020_02_25/) 17