From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: What should go in our NEWS file? Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:05:18 +0200 Message-ID: <87r2n7gg75.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87in8jy8es.fsf@garuda.local.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87h8o3thjy.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33744) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fALEg-0005iR-SW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:05:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fALEf-00058O-Va for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:05:22 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a0c:e300::1]:42270) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fALEf-00057o-N9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:05:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87h8o3thjy.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:57:37 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello, Ricardo Wurmus skribis: >> The Guix source tree contains a NEWS file in its root directory. What >> is supposed to go into this NEWS file? When should we update it? > > It=E2=80=99s updated prior to making a release. Committers following along should feel empowered to add noteworthy items there, and not just right before the release. This has to be rather concise because there are so many things going on, and rather about =E2=80=9Cimportant=E2=80=9D changes, in the categories that Ricardo mention= s. I=E2=80=99m saying this because updating NEWS right before the release can = be quite cumbersome, and it=E2=80=99s also easy to overlook important things, = so any contribution in that regard can be very helpful! Ludo=E2=80=99.