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diff --git a/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md b/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md index f74bc7eda9..9456d64c64 100644 --- a/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md +++ b/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md @@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ documentation must state the deprecation status. * Backward-incompatible changes including complete removal of such APIs may occur at any time. -Documentation-Only Deprecations may be handled as semver-minor or semver-major -changes. Such deprecations have no impact on the successful operation of running -code and therefore should not be viewed as breaking changes. +Apply the `notable change` label to all pull requests that introduce +Documentation-Only Deprecations. Such deprecations have no impact on code +execution. Thus, they are not breaking changes (`semver-major`). -Runtime Deprecations and End-of-life APIs (internal or public) must be -handled as semver-major changes unless there is TSC consensus to land the -deprecation as a semver-minor. +Runtime Deprecations and End-of-life APIs (internal or public) are breaking +changes (`semver-major`). The TSC may make exceptions, deciding that one of +these deprecations is not a breaking change. All Documentation-Only and Runtime deprecations will be assigned a unique identifier that can be used to persistently refer to the deprecation in |