It's worth linking to the issue where this discussion started, so we avoid
repeating ourselves -
 https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/13707.

Eric

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 11:51 Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote:

> It might be worth considering a tool like 'towncrier'. It's automation to
> support the workflow where PRs that make changes also include their release
> notes, so when the release comes you've already done all the work and just
> have to hit the button.
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 07:59 Sebastian Berg <sebast...@sipsolutions.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> we had discussed trying a new strategy to gather release notes on the
>> last community call, but not followed up on it on the list yet.
>>
>> For the next release, we decided to try a strategy of using a wiki page
>> to gather release notes. The main purpose for this is to avoid merge
>> conflicts in the release notes file. It may also make things slightly
>> easier for new contributors even without merge conflicts.
>> Any comments/opinions about other alternatives are welcome.
>>
>> We probably still need to fix some details, but I this will probably
>> mean:
>>
>> 1. We tag issues with "Needs Release Notes"
>> 2. We ask contributors/maintainers to edit the initial PR post/comment
>> with a release note snippet. (I expect maintainers may typically put in
>> a placeholder as a start for the contributor.)
>> 3. After merging, the release notes are copied into the wiki by the
>> user or a contributor. After the copy happened, the label could/should
>> be removed?
>>
>> SciPy uses a similar strategy, so they may already have some experience
>> to do it slightly different that I am missing.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Sebastian
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