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doc: make Deprecation cycle explanation more brief #21303

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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md
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Expand Up @@ -453,10 +453,10 @@ the documentation for the assigned deprecation identifier must remain in the
Node.js API documentation.

<a id="deprecation-cycle"></a>
A _Deprecation cycle_ is one full Node.js major release during which an API
has been in one of the three Deprecation levels. (Note that Documentation-Only
Deprecations may land in a Node.js minor release but must not be upgraded to
a Runtime Deprecation until the next major release.)
A _Deprecation cycle_ is a major release during which an API has been in one of
the three Deprecation levels. Documentation-Only Deprecations may land in a
minor release but must not be upgraded to a Runtime Deprecation until the next
major release.

No API can be moved to End-of-life without first having gone through a
Runtime Deprecation cycle. However, there is no requirement that deprecated
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