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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 stream the new version will be able to land into
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grammar nit: release streams … are?

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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