[#243] Add EOL policy to downloads page.

docs/getting_started/download.md

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 The latest packages can be downloaded from our APT and YUM repositories hosted at [https://packages.irods.org](https://packages.irods.org).
 
+### Packages and Platform End-of-Life (EOL) Policy
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+The iRODS Consortium will publish packages for the lifetime of a supported platform. Once a platform reaches EOL, the iRODS Consortium will make a reasonable effort to provide one additional set of packages to aid administrators in gracefully moving to a new platform.
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 ## Open Source
 
 Code repositories, issue trackers, and milestones are available on GitHub.