-We create a branch for each stable release; sometimes the branch is
-not done immediately, instead it's possible to wait until someone has
-a not-suitable-for-stable change they want to make and then branch to
-allow committing that change.
+We create a branch for each stable release. The branch name should be
+dbus-X.Y which is a branch that has releases versioned X.Y.Z;
+changes on a stable branch should be limited to significant bug fixes.
+
+Because we won't make minor changes like keeping up with the latest
+deprecations on a stable branch, stable branches should turn off the
+gcc warning for deprecated declarations (e.g. see commit 4ebb275ab7).