Hi all, While working on the recent release, I noticed that preparing the release notes is currently a manual process, requiring the release manager to review each commit between releases. This approach is not only time-consuming but can also delay the release announcement.
To improve this, I would like to propose maintaining a *release notes highlights file*, where we update the highlights as part of each PR. Committers can help by reminding authors to update this file when submitting their PRs. This process could also make it easier to prepare highlights for community syncs and pave the way for more automated releases in the future. I have created a sample PR to illustrate this idea: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12924 I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! - Ajantha
