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This change in policy sets clear terms for when / how npm releases
can be landed into master and how long they are expected to bake in the
ecosystem. This is to cover all release types of npm including semver-major
releases.

What Node.js releases the updates land into are at the discretion of the
release team.

PR-URL: #21594
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <[email protected]>
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# Maintaining npm in Node.js

New pull requests should be opened when a "next" version of npm has
been released. Once the "next" version has been promoted to "latest"
the PR should be updated as necessary.

Two weeks after the "latest" release has been promoted it can land on master
assuming no major regressions are found. There are no additional constraints
for Semver-Major releases.

The specific Node.js release streams the new version will be able to land into
are at the discretion of the release and LTS teams.

This process only covers full updates to new versions of npm. Cherry-picked
changes can be reviewed and landed via the normal consensus seeking process.

## Step 1: Clone npm

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