readme: add note about release branches and tags

Fixes: QTBUG-114723
Change-Id: I2f6b4ce365b53ec7bd96555c0d6fcbea0e7e50cd
Reviewed-by: <inkamari.harjula@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Mikko Gronoff <mikko.gronoff@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit 21beafaf82)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
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Samuli Piippo 2023-08-14 09:19:39 +00:00 committed by Qt Cherry-pick Bot
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@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ URI: https://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded/
Yocto version support
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The branching of meta-qt6 layer follows Qt branching scheme, that is
`dev` for the development branch, `6.x` for each minor release and
`lts-6.x` for commercial LTS releases.
The branching of meta-qt6 layer follows [Qt branching scheme](https://wiki.qt.io/Branch_Guidelines),
that is `dev` for the development branch, `6.x` for minor stabilization branches,
`6.x.y` for the release branches and `lts-6.x.y` for commercial LTS releases.
Each Qt release is tagged either as `v6.x.y` or `v6.x.y-lts`
Following table shows the Yocto branches which are used to test each
Qt version (x) and any additional Yocto releases that are stated in