Agreed. This improvement can further make the release process smoother. Should definitely help in maintaining release cadence. RegardsSrikanth Sundarrajan
> From: sandys...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:19:44 +0530 > Subject: Re: Democratizing Release Notes > To: dev@falcon.apache.org > > +1. Agree with Pallavi and Ajay. Only important updates should be go into > release notes so that the list is not huge and easily readable. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Pallavi Rao <pallavi....@inmobi.com> wrote: > > > This is nice! > > > > Don't think we can mandate that field as not all JIRAs will need an entry > > in Release Notes. Examples are falcon regression test suite updates, UT > > changes, documentation updates, bugs reported that turn out to be usage > > issues. > > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Srikanth Sundarrajan <srik...@hotmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > +1. Would it help if we made the release notes field mandatory for > > marking > > > the jira closed ? > > > RegardsSrikanth Sundarrajan > > > > > > > From: ajayyad...@apache.org > > > > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:35:50 +0000 > > > > Subject: Democratizing Release Notes > > > > To: dev@falcon.apache.org > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > Continuing on our effort to automating change log and release notes, I > > am > > > > happy to share with you that we now have the ability to automatically > > > > generate release notes through Apache Yetus. > > > > > > > > *How does it work?* > > > > We have introduced a new field in JIRA - Release Notes. Every > > contributor > > > > needs to add release notes for their important / backward-incompatible > > > > changes / new features. Later, RMs can generate release notes using > > > Apache > > > > Yetus. Many projects like Hadoop etc. have already been doing it this > > > way. > > > > We have also been using Apache Yetus to generate the release notes > > > > > > > > *Why?* > > > > Generating release notes had been one tedious task which the > > RMs(Release > > > > Managers) had to do manually at the end of the release by going through > > > all > > > > JIRAs and writing notes for them. Often, RM may not even be the best > > > person > > > > to write release notes for the feature. > > > > > > > > *Note to Contributors* > > > > Please add release notes for any important / backward-incompatible > > > changes > > > > / new features that you add. > > > > > > > > *Note to Committers* > > > > Please don't commit PRs for important / backward-incompatible changes / > > > new > > > > features without release notes. > > > > > > > > I will update the "how to release" wiki with the steps for RMs, In the > > > > meantime, you can consult the documentation for Apache Yetus here > > > > <https://yetus.apache.org/documentation/0.3.0/> > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Ajay Yadava > > > > > > > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________ > > The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the > > use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others > > authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged > > information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified > > that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance > > on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be > > unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > > us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your > > system. The firm is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission > > of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its > > receipt. > >
