fix(release): fix issues with maintenance and active lts

[avivkeller]

There are many times where we reference the 'LTS' status in an attempt to get an Long-Term Support version. However, the 'LTS' status actually refers to the Active Long-Term Support version.

This PR makes the Maintenance vs Active LTS labels more distinct (as to not cause confusion), and replaces instances of checking 'LTS' with isLts.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR refines how Long-Term Support (LTS) statuses are labeled and consumed throughout the site, introducing distinct “Active LTS” and “Maintenance LTS” labels and migrating from status string checks to an isLts flag.

• Expanded the set of release statuses to include separate active and maintenance LTS labels
• Updated the release status generator and type definitions to emit and handle the new labels
• Refactored UI components and data routes to use isLts and display the updated labels

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 10 out of 10 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
apps/site/util/download/constants.json	Added “Active LTS” and “Maintenance LTS” to the supported release list
apps/site/types/releases.ts	Replaced 'LTS'/'Maintenance' with 'Active LTS'/'Maintenance LTS'
apps/site/next-data/generators/releaseData.mjs	Updated status returns in getNodeReleaseStatus and isLts mapping
apps/site/app/[locale]/next-data/api-data/route.ts	Switched from .status === 'LTS' to .isLts when selecting version
apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx	Generalized LTS detection to endsWith('LTS') for dropdown labels

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apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx:15

• [nitpick] Collapsing both 'Active LTS' and 'Maintenance LTS' into a generic '(LTS)' suffix loses the distinction between the two. Consider branching so that active releases display (Active LTS) and maintenance releases (Maintenance LTS).

  if (status.endsWith('LTS')) {

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[bmuenzenmeyer]

@avivkeller I assume your closures of #7966 and #7965 allude to this? i didnt see code or a PR attached to them?

[avivkeller]

No, I closed them since I felt they were resolved in #7962, which both changed the colors (#7965), and the names (#7966)

[ovflowd]

No, I closed them since I felt they were resolved in #7962, which both changed the colors (#7965), and the names (#7966)

I don't think they were fully resolved. @bmuenzenmeyer was also questioning the LTS schedule generation itself to get updated and other things... But not sure if they are related.

[avivkeller]

@bmuenzenmeyer was also questioning the LTS schedule generation itself to get updated and other things

I think those concerns are in nodejs/Release#1111?

[avivkeller]

We can also re-open the previous issue if I made the wrong call.

[bmuenzenmeyer]

oh, apologies, i wasnt aware that that PR handled my issues (as they were opened while reviewing it

[ovflowd]

We can also re-open the previous issue if I made the wrong call.

All fine, I noticed those are not totally related, I think this PR is good and appreciate your contribution here ✨

[ovflowd]

SGTM. I hope this PR covers all paths and doesn't accidentally break something haha (I bet TS covers that, but who knows)