diff --git a/doc/guides/maintaining-V8.md b/doc/guides/maintaining-V8.md index cdf7f19b3d9..728fb1feb46 100644 --- a/doc/guides/maintaining-V8.md +++ b/doc/guides/maintaining-V8.md @@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ ## Background V8 follows the Chromium release schedule. The support horizon for Chromium is -very different from the support horizon that Node.js needs to provide to its -users. As a result Node.js needs to support a version of V8 for quite a bit -longer than what upstream needs to support. Since V8 doesn't have an LTS -supported branch, there is no official process around how the V8 branches in -Node.js are maintained. - -This document attempts to document the current processes and proposes a workflow -for maintaining the V8 branches in Node.js LTS and Current releases and how the -Node.js and V8 teams at Google can help. +different compared to the support horizon for Node.js. As a result, Node.js +needs to support multiple versions of V8 longer than what upstream needs +to support. V8 branches in Node.js lack of an official maintenance process due +to a missing LTS supported branch. + +This document attempts to outline the current maintenance processes, proposes +a workflow for maintaining the V8 branches in both Node.js LTS and current +releases, and discusses how the Node.js and V8 teams at Google can help. ## V8 Release Schedule