Merge pull request #6620 from ipfs/docs/release-ship-date-and-next-re…

…lease-issue

docs: add ship date and next release issue opening time

docs/RELEASE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ We're happy to announce go-ipfs X.Y.Z, bla bla...
 
 <List of items with PRs and/or Issues to be considered for this release>
 
+# 🚢 Estimated shipping date
+
+<Date this release will ship on if everything goes to plan (week beginning...)>
+
 ## 🔦 Highlights
 
 < top highlights for this release notes >
@@ -103,4 +107,3 @@ Would you like to contribute to the IPFS project and don't know how? Well, there
 ## ⁉️ Do you have questions?
 
 The best place to ask your questions about IPFS, how it works and what you can do with it is at [discuss.ipfs.io](http://discuss.ipfs.io). We are also available at the `#ipfs` channel on Freenode, which is also [accessible through our Matrix bridge](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#ipfs:matrix.org).
-

docs/releases.md

@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ Some patch releases, especially ones fixing one or more complex bugs, may underg
 
 ## Performing a Release
 
-The release is managed by the `Lead Maintainer` for `go-ipfs`. It starts with the opening of an issue containing the content available on the [RELEASE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE](./RELEASE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md). This issue will be pinned and labeled with the ["release"](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Arelease) tag. Then, the 5 stages will be followed until the release is done.
+The release is managed by the `Lead Maintainer` for `go-ipfs`. It starts with the opening of an issue containing the content available on the [RELEASE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE](./RELEASE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md) not more than **48 hours** after the previous release.
+
+This issue is pinned and labeled ["release"](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Arelease). When the cycle is due to begin the 5 stages will be followed until the release is done.
 
 ## Release Version Numbers (aka semver)