Bethany Griggs

Release plan - v18.x Maintenance LTS

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_Draft schedule - all dates subject to change_ Version | Release Date | Releaser --------|--------------| --------- v18.12.0 | 2022-10-25 | @ruyadorno and @RafaelGSS (LTS Transition) v18.12.1 | 2022-11-04 | @juanarbol...

Release plan - v16.x Active LTS

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_Draft schedule - all dates subject to change_ | Release Date | Release | Releaser | |----------------|------------------------|------------------| | 2021-10-26 | v16.13.0 (LTS Transition) | @richardlau | | 2021-12-01 | v16.13.1...

Release Steward(s): TBD Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/765 ---- Tasks * [ ] ...

Release plan - v14.x Maintenance LTS

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_Draft schedule - all dates subject to change_ | Release candidate | Release Date | Release | Releaser | |:-:| ------------- |:--------:| ---------| | - | 2020-10-27 | v14.15.0 |...

Major release rotation?

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Major releases take significant amounts of coordination and effort in advance of the release. This includes: * [Major release process](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/contributing/releases.md#major-releases) (mechanics of creating the proposal several weeks in advance). *...

New meeting host

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Would anyone like to take over hosting the monthly Release WG meetings? (somewhat refs: https://github.com/nodejs/Release/pull/738)

Grant release team maintainer access to release-related tooling

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#547 opened further questions about the structure of the Release WG. It has been discussed that release team should have some responsibility over release related tooling. - [ ] Grant...

Create guide on "What to do when a release is broken?"

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Related to #535, we should create a guide that covers what we should do when a release is broken. Covering items such as: - [ ] Communication strategy - [...

@sxa has prepared two releases (https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/42254, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/42285) 🎉 We now need to complete the remaining onboarding actions (from [GOVERNANCE.md](https://github.com/nodejs/Release/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md#adding-new-releasers)): - [ ] Be added to the GitHub [releasers team](https://github.com/orgs/nodejs/teams/releasers) in...

Policy for running CI on releases

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Define a policy for releasers running CI - Cover test-node-candidate job - Potentially to allow non-green runs where releaser is confident that the release isn't the cause.