Currently if a major release-train in the `release-candidate`/`feature-freeze`
phase becomes `latest`, we intend to set the NPM LTS dist tag for all packages
of the previous major (as the old release train in `latest` moves into LTS phase).
The logic for this exists but the release tool sets the NPM dist tag for
all packages of the new major. This means that the script might error if
a new package is part of the new major; or it could cause a deleted
package to not receive the LTS tag properly.
PR Close#41946
Creates a tool for staging and publishing releases as per the
new branching and versioning that has been outlined in the following
document. The tool is intended to be used across the organization to
ensure consistent branching/versioning and labeling:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/197kVillDwx-RZtSVOBtPb4BBIAw0E9RT3q3v6DZkykU/edit#heading=h.s3qlps8f4zq7dd
The tool implements the actions as outlined in the following
initial plan: https://hackmd.io/2Le8leq0S6G_R5VEVTNK9A.
The implementation slightly diverged in so far that it performs
staging and publishing together so that releasing is a single
convenient command. In case of errors for which re-running the
full command is not sufficient, we want to consider adding
recover functionality. e.g. when the staging completed, but the
actual NPM publishing aborted unexpectedly due to build errors.
PR Close#38656
Joey Perrott
Paul Gschwendtner