What nightlies to release?

[joaocgreis]

@nodejs/lts @nodejs/build

Currently we are releasing nightlies from the master and v8.x branches (v6.x and v7.x were there until recently). While master is correct, for the LTS branches shouldn't we release nightles from the v*.x-staging branches instead?

The last nightlies for v6 seem to match the last v6 releases exactly (plus the "working on next version" commit).

Also, should we release nightlies of all LTS branches or just v8.x?

[MylesBorins]

we could do nightlies of the the staging branches but I'm not currently convinced it is entirely necessary. We often only audit commits before a release, and at that point we are already preparing the R.C.

I for one would say that we don't need nightlies for LTS

[joaocgreis]

Thanks, that makes sense.

@MylesBorins @jasnell what about v8.x? Should we have nothing, v8.x-staging or v8.x?

[MylesBorins]

While 8 is in Current we should do nightlies from 8.x-staging

8.x will always be aligned with the release

[joaocgreis]

Updated the branch in the server, next nightlies should come out of staging. Thanks!