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Define DEPRECATION_HEIGHT, clarify that 16 weeks is approximate
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always have the freedom to choose different variants or branches which offer different design trade-offs.
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The current Zcash software includes an *auto-senescence* feature, causing nodes running a particular version
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to automatically shut down 16 weeks after that version was released. This was implemented for several reasons
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[#release-lifecycle]_:
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to automatically shut down approximately 16 weeks after that version was released (specifically, at the block
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height ``DEPRECATION_HEIGHT`` defined in the source code for that version). This was implemented for several
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reasons: [#release-lifecycle]_
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- It gives the same systemic advantage of removing old software as auto-upgrade behavior.
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