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Move regular releases after security release annoucement

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Description

I believe we should not perform other releases after a security releases has been announced.

  1. It's confusing for users if a release comes out before the expected security release date.
  2. It's a vulnerable release, it makes it unusable for users knowing it has vulnerabilities.
  3. It disrupts the tooling. In the security release process, the tool requires to know in which patch a vulnerability will be fixed, and which is vulnerable. If a new release comes after we declared it in the vulnerabilities.json, it becomes inaccurate. It requires coordination.

I propose we delay regular releases to after the security release.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the security release process described in the issue and how vulnerabilities.json is used to identify vulnerable and fixed patches. Check whether the proposed release ordering requires changes to documented release coordination or tooling. Done means the policy and any affected process are clearly agreed and reflected in the relevant release workflow.

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Assessment

Domain
release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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