*   Updates the maintenance policy to match the latest versions of Rails

    *Matias Korhonen*

*   Switched the order of `Applying a default scope` and `Merging of scopes` subsections so default scopes are introduced first.

    *Alex Riabov*

Please check [4-1-stable](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/guides/CHANGELOG.md) for previous changes.
