Update policy docs
What does this MR do?
First change is to upgrade paths. review app link
- There's a 12.0.12 release, so the upgrade paths documentation should be updated from 12.0.9
- Added an example from 9.x to 12.x so there's a canned example for when customers ask
- Clarified the statement around stopping at 12.0.x, and made it forward looking for 13.0.x
Contributor docs - review app link
- Handbook now documents (MR) the difference between bugs and feature requests - linked to it.
Related issues
Author's checklist
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Follow the Documentation Guidelines and Style Guide. -
If applicable, update the permissions table. -
Link docs to and from the higher-level index page, plus other related docs where helpful. -
Apply the documentation label.
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