git: a67a08fd58 - main - committers-guide: Mention RELNOTES in a couple of places
Mark Johnston <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by markj: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=a67a08fd5803888c6ad4115ec88e98febbe4d9dd commit a67a08fd5803888c6ad4115ec88e98febbe4d9dd Author: Mark Johnston <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-09-05 15:18:59 +0000 Commit: Mark Johnston <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-09-09 22:57:03 +0000 committers-guide: Mention RELNOTES in a couple of places Reviewed by: imp, olce, emaste Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52396 --- documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc index 2650a480ba..26bb41e98b 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc @@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ Here 'good' means: . All the right files, and none of the wrong ones, were merged into contrib/glorbnitz. . No other changes are in the tree. . The commit messages look crossref:committers-guide[commit-log-message,good]. It should contain a summary of what's changed since the last merge to the FreeBSD `main` branch and any caveats. -. UPDATING should be updated if there is anything of note, such as user visible changes, important upgrade concerns, etc. +. `RELNOTES` and `UPDATING` should be updated if there is anything of note, such as user visible changes, important upgrade concerns, etc. [NOTE] ==== @@ -2653,6 +2653,10 @@ We include the commit title so that the referenced commit can be located even in |`Relnotes:` |If the change is a candidate for inclusion in the release notes for the next release from the branch, set to `yes`. +|Candidates are user-visible changes, new features, compatibility breaks, etc.. +|If you forget to set this line, or want to provide more details, add an entry to the `RELNOTES` file in the root of the src tree. +|The `RELNOTES` file is used to generate release notes for the next release. +|Do not use the `Relnotes:` line to describe the change: its only valid value is `yes`. |`Security:` |If the change is related to a security vulnerability or security exposure, include one or more references or a description of the issue. If possible, include a VuXML URL or a CVE ID.