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+# Releases
+
+Telegraf has four minor releases a year in March, June, September, and
+December. In between each of those minor releases, there are 2-4 bug fix
+releases that happen every 3 weeks.
+
+This [Google Calendar][] is kept up to date for upcoming release dates.
+Additionally, users can look at the [GitHub milestones][] for the next minor
+and bug fix releases.
+
+## Versioning
+
+Telegraf uses semantic versioning.
+
+## Minor vs Patch Release
+
+PRs that resolve issues are released in the next release. PRs that introduce
+new features are held for the next minor release. Users can view what
+[GitHub milestones][] a PR belongs to when they want to determine the release
+it will go out with.
+
+[Google Calendar]: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_1ikq7u4f5c4o6mh9ep4duo3avk%40group.calendar.google.com
+[GitHub milestones]: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/milestones