New Release Plan

[MylesBorins]

As per #399 (comment) it seems like folks are not comfortable with unflagging modules on LTS without it having lived in a current release for sometime. So here is a suggestion for an alternative path forward.

• Land all changes including aside from unflagging on v13.x ASAP
• Bring Divergent specifier hazard #371 to the TSC meeting next Wednesday specifically with the ask if we should delay the removal of the flag until we have a solution to "dual mode packages"
  • If the TSC is ok with unflagging we land the removal of the flag on 13.x and ship unflagged esm in 13.0.0
  • If the TSC would like us to spend more time on the problem before we unflag we don't unflag on 13.x and spend some time dedicated to that problem space
• Backport all changes to 12.x aside from the flag removal
• Assuming there is not major ecosystem push back we aim to remove the flag in the 1st or 2nd Semver Minor of 12.x LTS (likely in December or March)

Thoughts?

[jkrems]

I think that sounds reasonable.

[targos]

I think so too

[GeoffreyBooth]

Agreed, and I think once we settle exactly what the plan is (get a response from the TSC etc.) I think we should announce the expected release version and date, perhaps in another Medium post. That would invite the public to give --experimental-modules one last thorough test before we unflag, to hopefully shake out as many bugs as possible before unflagging.

[mcollina]

+1 to the plan. I would personally recommend to drop the flag in v13.

[kirkouimet]

@MylesBorins - As of Node 13.0.0 the flag is still required, correct?

[MylesBorins]

Yup

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[GeoffreyBooth]

See #408 (comment).