Release plan - v15.x Current

[BethGriggs]

Draft schedule - all dates subject to change

Release Date	Release	Releaser
2020-10-20	v15.0.0	@BethGriggs
2020-10-21	v15.0.1	@BethGriggs
2020-11-04	v15.1.0	@targos
2020-11-10	v15.2.0	@danielleadams
2020-11-16	v15.2.1 (security)	@targos
2020-11-24	v15.3.0	@codebytere
2020-12-08	v15.4.0	@danielleadams
2020-12-22	v15.5.0	@targos
2021-01-12	v15.6.0	@danielleadams
2021-01-26	v15.7.0	@ruyadorno
2021-02-02	v15.8.0	@targos
2021-02-16	v15.9.0	@danielleadams
2020-02-23	v15.10.0 (security)	@BethGriggs
2021-03-02	v15.11.0	@targos
2021-03-16	v15.12.0	@danielleadams
2021-03-30	v15.13.0	@ruyadorno
2021-04-06	v15.14.0	@MylesBorins

[danielleadams]

Once my name gets merged to the releasers list, I can pick up a 15.x release in November 👍🏼

[danielleadams]

I signed up for the first 15.x release in November!

[MylesBorins]

I was thinking it would be good to get a v15.x release out today or tomorrow to land some moduels changes we might still want to see go out on 12.x

Any concerns?

[targos]

I'm preparing v15.1.0 right now.

[ruyadorno]

Signing up for a v15 release next month 😊

[danielleadams]

@nodejs/releasers Since there is a 15.x.x security release on Monday (1/4), does the 15.x release still go out on Tuesday (1/5)?

[BethGriggs]

@danielleadams, i'd suggest deferring it slightly to avoid having back-to-back releases - I'd suggest either 12th Jan or maybe even 7th Jan. Whichever dates work for your schedule :)

[danielleadams]

Alright sounds good! I changed the next 15.x release to 1/12

[codebytere]

Since v15.4.0 went out just a few days ago, should we push the release a bit? cc @MylesBorins

[BethGriggs]

@codebytere, IMO we should consider dropping the last scheduled release rather than delaying, as Node.js 16 will be released on Tues 20th.

One of the oddities of the major release process is that we run the branch-diff between the most recent Node.js 15 and the v16.0.0-proposal branch. We'd need to wait until the final expected Node.js 15 release to finalise the v16.0.0 changelog.

[codebytere]

@BethGriggs happy to just remove myself from the schedule then?

[BethGriggs]

Yeah, I think that makes sense. As you mentioned it's only been a few days since the last release so that seems appropriate in this case