10 files changed, 69 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 2163a1719..90a6b12c3 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Thank you for submitting a PR to pylint!
 To ease the process of reviewing your PR, do make sure to complete the following boxes.
 
 - [ ] Write a good description on what the PR does.
-- [ ] If it's a new feature, or an important bug fix, add a What's New entry in
-      ``doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/summary.rst`` otherwise in ``doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst``.
+- [ ] Add an entry to the change log describing the change in
+  `doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst` (or ``doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst``
+   if the change needs backporting in 2.14). If necessary you can write
+   details or offer examples on how the new change is supposed to work.
 - [ ] If you used multiple emails or multiple names when contributing, add your mails
       and preferred name in ``script/.contributors_aliases.json``
 -->
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index e6c484010..a84d5b5da 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Maintainers
 - Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 - Jacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>
+- Matus Valo <matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Andreas Finkler <3929834+DudeNr33@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Łukasz Rogalski <rogalski.91@gmail.com>
 - Ashley Whetter <ashley@awhetter.co.uk>
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ contributors:
   * wrong-spelling-in-comment
   * wrong-spelling-in-docstring
   * parallel execution on multiple CPUs
-- Matus Valo <matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Mark Byrne <31762852+mbyrnepr2@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Bruno Daniel <bruno.daniel@blue-yonder.com>: check_docs extension.
 - Sushobhit <31987769+sushobhit27@users.noreply.github.com> (sushobhit27)
   * Added new check 'comparison-with-itself'.
@@ -76,7 +77,6 @@ contributors:
   * redefined-variable-type
 - Alexandre Fayolle <alexandre.fayolle@logilab.fr> (Logilab): TkInter gui, documentation, debian support
 - Nick Drozd <nicholasdrozd@gmail.com>: performance improvements to astroid
-- Mark Byrne <31762852+mbyrnepr2@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Julien Cristau <julien.cristau@logilab.fr> (Logilab): python 3 support
 - Adrien Di Mascio <Adrien.DiMascio@logilab.fr>
 - Frank Harrison <frank@doublethefish.com> (doublethefish)
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ contributors:
 - Cezar Elnazli <cezar.elnazli2@gmail.com>: deprecated-method
 - Joseph Young <80432516+jpy-git@users.noreply.github.com> (jpy-git)
 - Nicolas Chauvat <nicolas.chauvat@logilab.fr>
+- Tim Martin <tim@asymptotic.co.uk>
 - Radu Ciorba <radu@devrandom.ro>: not-context-manager and confusing-with-statement warnings.
 - Holger Peters <email@holger-peters.de>
 - Cosmin Poieană <cmin@ropython.org>: unichr-builtin and improvements to bad-open-mode.
-- Tim Martin <tim@asymptotic.co.uk>
 - Steven Myint <hg@stevenmyint.com>: duplicate-except.
 - Peter Kolbus <peter.kolbus@gmail.com> (Garmin)
 - Luigi Bertaco Cristofolini <lucristofolini@gmail.com> (luigibertaco)
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ contributors:
 - Takahide Nojima <nozzy123nozzy@gmail.com>
 - Taewon D. Kim <kimt33@mcmaster.ca>
 - Sneaky Pete <sneakypete81@gmail.com>
+- Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpichev@gmail.com>
 - Rene Zhang <rz99@cornell.edu>
 - Or Bahari <or.ba402@gmail.com>
 - Mr. Senko <atodorov@mrsenko.com>
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@ contributors:
 - chohner <mail@chohner.com>
 - Tiago Honorato <61059243+tiagohonorato@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Steven M. Vascellaro <svascellaro@gmail.com>
-- Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpichev@gmail.com>
 - Roberto Leinardi <leinardi@gmail.com>: PyCharm plugin maintainer
 - Ricardo Gemignani <ricardo.gemignani@gmail.com>
 - Pieter Engelbrecht <pengelbrecht@rems2.com>
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ contributors:
 - pyves@crater.logilab.fr <pyves@crater.logilab.fr>
 - paschich <millen@gridium.com>
 - oittaa <8972248+oittaa@users.noreply.github.com>
+- nyabkun <75878387+nyabkun@users.noreply.github.com>
 - moxian <aleftmail@inbox.ru>
 - mar-chi-pan <mar.polatoglou@gmail.com>
 - ludal@logilab.fr <ludal@logilab.fr>
@@ -460,6 +461,7 @@ contributors:
 - Emmanuel Chaudron <manu.chaud@hotmail.fr>
 - Elizabeth Bott <52465744+elizabethbott@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Eisuke Kawashima <e-kwsm@users.noreply.github.com> (e-kwsm)
+- Edward K. Ream <edreamleo@gmail.com>
 - Edgemaster <grand.edgemaster@gmail.com>
 - Drew Risinger <drewrisinger@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Dr. Nick <das-intensity@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/doc/development_guide/contributor_guide/contribute.rst b/doc/development_guide/contributor_guide/contribute.rst
index 6a22c106b..9dcfd8d94 100644
--- a/doc/development_guide/contributor_guide/contribute.rst
+++ b/doc/development_guide/contributor_guide/contribute.rst
@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@ your patch gets accepted:
   you access to the latest ``ast`` parser.
 - Install the dev dependencies, see :ref:`contributor_install`.
 - Use our test suite and write new tests, see :ref:`contributor_testing`.
-
-- Add a short entry to the change log describing the change, except for internal
-  implementation only changes.
-
-- Not usually required, but for changes other than small bugs we also add a couple
-  of sentences in the release document for that release, (:file:`doc/whatsnew/VERSION.rst`,
-  `What's New` section). For the release document we usually write some more details,
-  and it is also a good place to offer examples on how the new change is supposed to work.
+- Add an entry to the change log describing the change in `doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst`
+  (or ``doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst`` if the change needs backporting in 2.14).
+  If necessary you can write details or offer examples on how the new change is supposed to work.
 
 - Document your change, if it is a non-trivial one.
 
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst
index ad2335afd..879097358 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.14/full.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 Full changelog
 ==============
 
-What's New in Pylint 2.14.0?
+What's New in Pylint 2.14.1?
 ----------------------------
 Release date: TBA
 
 
+
+What's New in Pylint 2.14.0?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2022-06-01
+
+
 * The refactoring checker now also raises 'consider-using-generator' messages for
   ``max()``, ``min()`` and ``sum()``.
 
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..519232b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.15/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+***************************
+ What's New in Pylint 2.15
+***************************
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+:Release: 2.15
+:Date: TBA
+
+Summary -- Release highlights
+=============================
+
+
+New checkers
+============
+
+
+Removed checkers
+================
+
+
+Extensions
+==========
+
+
+False positives fixed
+=====================
+
+
+False negatives fixed
+=====================
+
+
+Other bug fixes
+===============
+
+
+Other Changes
+=============
+
+
+Internal changes
+================
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/index.rst
index cb6dc57fe..4c1e938b3 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2/index.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   2.15/index
    2.14/index
    2.13/index
    2.12/index
diff --git a/examples/pylintrc b/examples/pylintrc
index 8a1661072..5146b9941 100644
--- a/examples/pylintrc
+++ b/examples/pylintrc
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ signature-mutators=
 
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
-# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
-# "BaseException, Exception".
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
 overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
                        Exception
 
diff --git a/examples/pyproject.toml b/examples/pyproject.toml
index 690f0c0a6..138907a68 100644
--- a/examples/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/pyproject.toml
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ max-statements = 50
 min-public-methods = 2
 
 [tool.pylint.exceptions]
-# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
-# "BaseException, Exception".
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
 overgeneral-exceptions = ["BaseException", "Exception"]
 
 [tool.pylint.format]
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 72e66b3fa..858b61b49 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It's updated via tbump, do not modify.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.14.0-b1"
+__version__ = "2.14.0"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index b90445975..2ae96a798 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.14.0-b1"
+current = "2.14.0"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.