added clarity on how to figure out what is the oldest supported main release branch

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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Fork a Repo Guide_>`_ and is well worth reading.
isolated into separate branches.
If you're working on a bug or documentation fix, create your branch from
the oldest release branch that contains the bug or requires the documentation
the oldest **supported** main release branch that contains the bug or requires the documentation
update. See :ref:`Which Salt Branch? <which-salt-branch>`.
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@ -212,8 +212,11 @@ There are three different kinds of branches in use: develop, main release
branches, and dot release branches.
- All feature work should go into the ``develop`` branch.
- Bug fixes and documentation changes should go into the oldest supported
**main** release branch affected by the the bug or documentation change.
- Bug fixes and documentation changes should go into the oldest **supported
main** release branch affected by the the bug or documentation change (you
can use the blame button in github to figure out when the bug was introduced).
Supported releases are the last 2 releases. For example, if the latest release
is 2018.3, the last two release are 2018.3 and 2017.7.
Main release branches are named after a year and month, such as
``2016.11`` and ``2017.7``.
- Hot fixes, as determined by SaltStack's release team, should be submitted
@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ Main Release Branches
=====================
The current release branch is the most recent stable release. Pull requests
containing bug fixes or documentation changes should be made against the main
containing bug fixes or documentation changes should be made against the oldest supported main
release branch that is affected.
The branch name will be a date-based name such as ``2016.11``.