Open Corepack Vote

votes/initiateNewVote/_EDIT_ME.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # 1. Select a subject for the vote. This can be a question addressed to the TSC
 #    voting members.
-subject: REPLACEME
+subject: Should Corepack stay in the Node.js distribution?
 
 # 2. You can leave the header instructions as is, or modify them if you see fit.
 headerInstructions: |
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ headerInstructions: |
 #    voters express their preference for each candidates, no matter how many
 #    there are.
 candidates:
-  - TODO
-  - TODO
+  - "Status Quo: keep distributing Corepack with Node.js, experimental and disabled (i.e. only the `corepack` executable in the distribution), exactly as it is today."
+  - "Stable and Disabled: keep distributing Corepack disabled (i.e. only the `corepack` executable in the distribution), and mark it stable in a future release line."
+  - "Stable and Enabled: keep distributing Corepack with Node.js, enabled (i.e. `corepack`, `pnpm`, and `yarn` executables in the distribution), and mark it stable in a future release line."
+  - "Phase out: stop distributing Corepack (i.e. the distribution will no longer contain a `corepack` executable) on future release lines of Node.js – existing release lines will keep it as experimental."
+  - "Phase out later: stop distributing Corepack (i.e. the distribution will no longer contain a `corepack` executable) on future (i.e. 25+) release lines of Node.js – existing release lines as well as the very next (i.e. 24.x) will keep it as experimental."
 
 # 4. Pass the following to false if it's important to keep the candidates in the
 #    order you define above. Presenting candidates in a fixed order tends to
@@ -35,7 +38,8 @@ canShuffleCandidates: true
 # 5. Insert here a short description of the vote objectives and link to the
 #    issue it was discussed on to give the full context.
 footerInstructions: |
-  TBD
+  The objective of the vote is to determine the strategy for Corepack’s distribution
+  in future Node.js releases.
 
 # 6. Optionally, insert a brief introduction for the vote PR, in the markdown format.
 prBody: |