From 5b866de043a5a1e20c0fc4e1e122fa05fe699662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Herv=C3=A9=20Beraud?= <hberaud@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 12:47:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a warning about trailing deliverables

This helps to retain the point of the trailing deliverables during a
new series initialization.

Change-Id: I12456d0189f94425e6a8419672172d8259ca7a21
---
 doc/source/reference/process.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/source/reference/process.rst b/doc/source/reference/process.rst
index 2827d889b6..5315d53652 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/process.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/process.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ Week after previous release
 
    Submit your changes by using the gerrit topic ``$series-init-series``.
 
+   .. warning::
+
+      At this point, the trailing deliverables of the previous series
+      are not necessarily released yet. Adding them here is not an issue,
+      however, we should be vigilant and ensure to create new releases
+      for the previous series first.
+
 #. Coordinate with the Infrastructure team to swap out the previous cycle
    signing key and establish the new one for the starting cycle.