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Clippy release process: Maintaining a beta branch for important uplifts

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Description

Currently we don't uplift false positive fixes to beta, which means that stable can be hit with new lints that still have bugs.

Should we maintain a beta branch? If so, kinds of things qualify for uplifts? We typically have a lot of false positive fixes come in, how do we gauge whether a fix is eligible?

cc @phansch @oli-obk

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Start by reviewing the issue's questions about maintaining a beta branch, false-positive fixes, and uplift eligibility. No files, tests, or entry points are named; done would be a documented decision and criteria for the release process.

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Tech stack
rust
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tooling
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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