From 905a6756a3b89862c64145818aef5e6cd8e5aeae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rafael Gonzaga Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 09:39:18 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add note about major release rotation Signed-off-by: RafaelGSS PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46436 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/765 Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth Reviewed-By: Ruy Adorno --- doc/contributing/releases.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing/releases.md b/doc/contributing/releases.md index 5c3d372aaed5fb..623c096042ecb6 100644 --- a/doc/contributing/releases.md +++ b/doc/contributing/releases.md @@ -1132,6 +1132,10 @@ Major releases should be targeted for the third Tuesday of the release month. A major release must not slip beyond the release month. In other words, major releases must not slip into May or November. +The @nodejs/releasers make a call for releasers 3 months in advance. +Currently, this call is automated in the `#nodejs-release-private` +Slack channel. + The release date for the next major release should be announced immediately following the current release (e.g. the release date for 13.0.0 should be announced immediately following the release of 12.0.0).