Creating news fragments

This directory contains “news fragments” which are short files that contain a small ReST-formatted text that will be added to the next what’s new page.

Make sure to use full sentences with correct case and punctuation, and please try to use Sphinx intersphinx using backticks. The fragment contains a few bullet points of the change.

Each file should be named like <MERGE REQUEST>.<TYPE>, where <MERGE REQUEST> is a merge request number, and <TYPE> is one of:

Type	Purpose
added	Added for new features
changed	Changed for changes in existing functionality
deprecated	Deprecated for soon-to-be removed features.
removed	Removed for now removed features.
fixed	Fixed for any bug fixes.
security	Security in case of vulnerabilities.

Create it as follows:

towncrier create 123.changed

Most categories should be formatted as paragraphs with a heading. So for example: 123.changed would have the content:

``my_new`` option for `my_favorite_function`

- The ``my_new`` option is now available for `my_favorite_function`.
- To use it, write ``my_module.my_favorite_function(..., my_new=True)``.

The first line should be short and the longer details should be added as bullet points. The formatting is taken care of by the template.

Note the use of single-backticks to get an internal link (assuming my_favorite_function is exported from the package namespace), and double-backticks for code.

If you are unsure what merge request type to use, don’t hesitate to ask in your MR.

You can install towncrier and run towncrier build --draft --version 0.3.4 if you want to get a preview of how your change will look in the final release notes.

Note

This README was adapted from the pytest changelog readme under the terms of the MIT licence.