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: Corepack
 
 # 2. You can leave the header instructions as is, or modify them if you see fit.
 headerInstructions: |
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ 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, disabled by default, exactly as it is today.
+  - Keep distributing `corepack` with Node.js, enabling `yarn` and `pnpm` by default.
+  - Stop distributing `corepack` with Node.js.
 
 # 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 +36,10 @@ 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 a basic question: do we continue bundling
+  the corepack binary with Node.js or not, and if so, do we enable bundling jumper
+  binaries for its supported package managers (such as yarn and pnpm) by default or not.
+  There are additional questions to resolve that will be handled separately.
 
 # 6. Optionally, insert a brief introduction for the vote PR, in the markdown format.
 prBody: |