From 2fba9948ba53d4d93ce62e981d7ea42240703db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daria Pardue Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:14:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] docs: update contributors list --- CONTRIBUTORS.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md index 05ea547823c..08c63ca77ad 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md @@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ ## Maintainers -- Durran Jordan <> -- Daria Pardue <> - Bailey Pearson <> +- Daria Pardue <> +- Durran Jordan <> +- Pavel Safronov <> +- Sergey Zelenov <> ## Community Types From ad22a32de2e648ebb3398ff8f3c02bda53e03a5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daria Pardue Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:23:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs: add release-as info to release instructions --- etc/notes/releasing.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/notes/releasing.md b/etc/notes/releasing.md index e1012316236..eea8c9d8237 100644 --- a/etc/notes/releasing.md +++ b/etc/notes/releasing.md @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Merging the release PR will make the action create a Github Release and subseque > [!TIP] > See the release workflow here: [.github/workflows/release.yml](.github/workflows/release.yml) +> [!TIP] +> If there have been no releasable units since the last release and you need to force a new release PR to exist (e.g., because you released an alpha and now want to release a major version), you can add the text "Release-As: x.x.x" to any commit body and release-please will open a new PR for that version. Read more [here](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#how-do-i-change-the-version-number). + ## Release Notes The contents of the release PR's body becomes the contents of the Github Release. From 6d1486b3bb1843970c4f9db2b876c1a344fc2f5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daria Pardue Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:32:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs: add alpha release note --- etc/notes/releasing.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/notes/releasing.md b/etc/notes/releasing.md index eea8c9d8237..464464fcf14 100644 --- a/etc/notes/releasing.md +++ b/etc/notes/releasing.md @@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ an alpha. Example PR: https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-client-encryption/pull/104 +See the tip in the [release-please](#release-please) section for what to do if you need to release a major version with no user-facing changes relative to the last released alpha. + ## Packages The following is a list of packages the Node.js team is responsible for and these release instructions apply to.