How does nodejs team handle backports?

[Abrifq]

Hi! I'm writing a blog post about combining git rebase with Git-Flow with sensible guidelines. (Well, at least it makes sense to me 😛)

I'm looking for examples on how big orgs handle backporting hotfixes, so:
How does node.js team handle backporting important fixes?
I'm especially looking for how you backport it to a branch, if you create a new tag or not to get a new build, and maybe you people could help with things I missed.

(If anyone with experience on their own project, whether open or closed source, please share below! I'd love to get as many perspectives as I can.)

[avivkeller]

Please take a read of https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/contributing/backporting-to-release-lines.md