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

[Ronny Pfannschmidt]

Hi Bruno

towncrier takes the new entries, renders them to a text and then inserts
them either at the start, or right after a special marker line

-- Ronny


On 21.03.2017 16:32, Bruno Oliveira wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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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