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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 <ruyadorno@google.com>
PR-URL: #45177
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>
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Expand Up @@ -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: <https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest-codename/>) will be available
for the new LTS release line you need to submit a PR to
<https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs-latest-linker> 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 <https://github.com/nodejs/Release>
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
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