Update release plan

Author: knolleary

about/releases/index.md

@@ -4,27 +4,24 @@ title: Release Plan
 slug: releases
 ---
 
-_Updated: 2022-08-04_
+_Updated: 2024-01-03_
 
 This plan is a guide for how the project plans to schedule upcoming releases, taking
 into account the release schedule of the underlying Node.js runtime.
 
 ![](release-plan.png)
 
+The project aims to make a new major release around April each year. This aligns
+with when versions of Node.js reach their end-of-life and enables us to drop support
+for them.
 
-The active Node-RED stream (3.x) will get a new minor version release (for example, 3.1 ->  3.2)
-every three months. Maintenance releases (for example 3.1.0 -> 3.1.1) will continue
-to happen as and when they are needed.
+The active Node-RED stream will get regular minor releases (for example 4.0 -> 4.1)
+containing new features as well as maintenance releases (for example 4.0.1 -> 4.0.2)
+as and when they are needed.
 
-At the end of April 2023, when Node 14.x reaches its end-of-life, we will publish
-Node-RED 4.x that will *drop* support for Node 14.
-
-The 3.x stream will then enter maintenance mode. It will only receive bug fixes
-and security updates. New features could get back-ported from 4.x if there was
-a very good reason to do so as well as people available to do the work.
-
-The 4.x stream will continue in active development with a minor release every
-three months or so for a year, when the next major release is made.
+When a new major version is released, the previous version enters maintenance mode
+for an extended period of time. During this time it will only receive bug fixes
+and security updates.
 
 This proposal means:
 
@@ -36,12 +33,12 @@ This proposal means:
 
 Release | Initial         | Maintenance Start    | End-of-life
 --------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------
-1.x     | 2019-09-30      | 2021-04-30           | 2022-06-30
+4.x     | *2024-04-30* *  | *2025-04-30* *       | 2026-06-30
+3.x     | 2022-07-14      | *2024-04-30* *       | 2025-06-30
 2.x     | 2021-07-22      | 2022-07-14           | 2023-06-30
-3.x     | 2022-07-14      | *2023-04-30* *       | 2024-06-30
-4.x     | *2023-04-30* *  | *2024-04-30* *       | 2025-06-30
+1.x     | 2019-09-30      | 2021-04-30           | 2022-06-30
 
-_* Dates are subject to change_
+_Dates are subject to change_
 
 References:
  - [Blog post: Going beyond Node-RED 1.x](https://nodered.org/blog/2020/07/01/release-plans)

about/releases/release-plan.png

@@ -5,23 +5,22 @@ title: Supported Node versions
 slug: node versions
 ---
 
-Node-RED currently recommends **Node 18.x or Node 20.x**.
+_Updated: 2024-01-03_
 
-Version    | Support Level   | Notes
------------|-----------------|------
- **20.x**  | **Recommended** | 
- **18.x**  | **Recommended** | 
- 16.x  | *Supported*       |  
- 14.x  | *Supported*     | Node-RED 3.x or earlier only 
- 12.x  | *Supported*     | Node-RED 2.x or earlier only
- < 10.x    | *Unsupported*   | Node-RED 1.x or earlier only
+Node-RED currently recommends **Node 20.x**.
 
 We try to stay up to date with Node.js releases. Our goal is to support
 the [Maintenance and Active LTS releases](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/).
 
-We do not generally recommend using the odd numbered Node.js versions - we do not
+We do not recommend using the odd numbered Node.js versions - we do not
 routinely test against them.
 
+Node-RED Version | Minimum Node.js Version
+---|---
+4.x | 18
+3.x | 14
+2.x | 12
+
 With such a large community of 3rd party nodes available to install, we cannot
 provide any guarantees on what they support. We rely on the community to keep
 up to date.