[pytest-dev] [proposal] using towncrier for merge-friendly changelog management

[Bruno Oliveira]

Hey Ronny,

Oh you are absolutely right.

Do you know what happens with the old CHANGELOG entries btw?

Cheers,

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 12:29 PM Ronny Pfannschmidt <
opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de> wrote:

> Hi Bruno,
>
> due to its Nature its best suited for introducing right after 3.1
>
> after all the before bits are already in place
>
> -- Ronny
>
> On 21.03.2017 14:41, Bruno Oliveira wrote:
> > Hi Ronny,
> >
> > I definitely like the idea! I agree our current CHANGELOG maintenance
> > could use some improvement. :)
> >
> > We could introduce it for `3.1`, what do you think?
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:54 AM Ronny Pfannschmidt
> > <opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de
> > <mailto:opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi all,
> >
> >     today i noticed how pip manages its change-logs in a pretty
> >     interesting way,
> >
> >     they manage the fragments to be composed before a release in the
> folder
> >     "news" in files named like "$ticketnumber.$changetype"
> >     before a release those files get take out and composed into the
> >     change-log.
> >
> >     The fabulous tool behind that is
> https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/ -
> >     after taking a first look at it,
> >     i believe it should be a massive enhancement compared to what we put
> >     ourselves trough right now.
> >
> >     i also would be delighted, if we used it in more projects ^^
> >
> >     cheers,
> >
> >     Ronny
> >
> >
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