Add information on update channels (#7760)

* Add information on update channels

Added additional context around when the `stable` and `edge` channels are updated with new versions of osquery.

* Update orbit/README.md

Co-authored-by: Zach Wasserman <zach@fleetdm.com>

* Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Zach Wasserman <zach@fleetdm.com>
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Katheryn Satterlee
2022-09-14 14:48:24 -05:00
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@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Configure update channels for Orbit and osqueryd with the `--orbit-channel` and
| `4.6` | 4.6.x |
| `4.6.0` | 4.6.0 |
Additionally `stable` and `edge` are special channel names. `stable` will always return the version Fleet deems to be stable, while `edge` will provide newer releases for beta testing.
Additionally `stable` and `edge` are special channel names. The `stable` channel will provide the most recent osquery version that Fleet deems to be stable. When a new version of osquery is released, it is added to the `edge` channel for beta testing. Fleet then provides input to the osquery TSC based on testing. After the version is declared stable by the osquery TSC, Fleet will promote the version to `stable` ASAP.
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