README: update release frequency

Updates README.md like 1e9a2cbebf updated DOCS/release-policy.md.
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Guido Cella
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## Release cycle
Every other month, an arbitrary git snapshot is made, and is assigned
a 0.X.0 version number. No further maintenance is done.
Once or twice a year, a release is cut off from the current development state
and is assigned a 0.X.0 version number. No further maintenance is done, except
in the event of security issues.
The goal of releases is to make Linux distributions happy. Linux distributions
are also expected to apply their own patches in case of bugs and security
issues.
are also expected to apply their own patches in case of bugs.
Releases other than the latest release are unsupported and unmaintained.