From 3381a17d2cea8253695a978ae1ff43fcf6f7b0e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ruy Adorno Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:33:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add more lts update steps to release guide This changeset adds references to two steps required for promoting a release line to LTS: - Adding the new codename to nodejs-latest-linker repo - Adding codename info to the Release repo Signed-off-by: Ruy Adorno PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45177 Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga Reviewed-By: Richard Lau Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli --- doc/contributing/releases.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing/releases.md b/doc/contributing/releases.md index f2092f787096e3..e4af857cda7fe8 100644 --- a/doc/contributing/releases.md +++ b/doc/contributing/releases.md @@ -1034,6 +1034,25 @@ existing labels for that release line, such as `vN.x`. If the release is transitioning from Active LTS to Maintenance, the `backport-requested-vN.x` label must be deleted. +### Add new codename to nodejs-latest-linker + +In order to make sure a download URL +(e.g: ) will be available +for the new LTS release line you need to submit a PR to + and add a new entry for the +new LTS codename in its `ltsNames` map located in the `./latest-linker.js` +file. + +Make sure to reach out to the Build WG in order to validate that the new URL is +available as part of the LTS release promotion. + +### Update Release repo info + +Add the new LTS codename to the release schedule table located in the +`./README.md` file located at the +repository along with the addition of the new codename to the `./schedule.json` +file in that same repo. + ## Major releases The process for cutting a new Node.js major release has a number of differences