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maintainers: add checklist for security releases #11400

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Motivation

I promised I'll do it, to avoid omissions in the future

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Now and then we release security patches. Make sure it's a routine task to minimize risk, uncertainty, and disruption.

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The Nix maintainer team uses a GitHub project board to schedule and track reviews.

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Good communication is essential because we may only get one chance

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Looks like solid improvement to case handling and communication.

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Co-Authored-By: Robert Hensing <[email protected]
Co-authored-by: Dan Baker <[email protected]>
@fricklerhandwerk fricklerhandwerk merged commit c91c1cd into NixOS:master Oct 31, 2024
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