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

[Ronny Pfannschmidt]

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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