Reverts the loop-1 prerelease channel that was publishing npm as
vX.Y.Z-rc.N to the `rc` dist-tag instead of `latest`.
`main` is now a stable semantic-release channel again: every merge
publishes vX.Y.Z immediately to npm @latest. The rc.1 soak window
that guards Docker mutable tags is moved entirely into the Docker
publish workflow:
- `.releaserc.cjs`: remove `prerelease: 'rc'` from productionConfig,
restore `branches: ['main']` (stable). Restore full successComment
and `released` label. Keep loop-1 releaseNotesGenerator additions
(revert section, breaking change comment).
- `docker-release.yml`: every `release: published` event publishes
only the immutable `:<ver>` Docker tag. `promote-mutable-tags` job
now gates exclusively on `workflow_dispatch` with
`promote_to_latest=true` — no longer triggered automatically by
non-prerelease release events.
- `promote-release.yml`: rewritten as a dispatch wrapper that validates
the stable tag exists and is not a prerelease, verifies the immutable
Docker image is in the registry, then dispatches docker-release.yml
with `promote_to_latest=true`. Removes the `gh release edit
--prerelease=false` approach that required the rc soak to be wired
through GitHub release state.
- `docs/release-process.md`: updated to reflect the decoupled model —
npm @latest is immediate; Docker :latest requires manual promote after
soak. Documents the `why` split between npm and Docker soak windows.