Release notes Extension

Augie Fackler raf at durin42.com
Sun Sep 11 00:34:39 UTC 2022


Perhaps you could draft a patch for the relnotes documentation and send it to us?

> On Sep 10, 2022, at 13:44, Craig Ozancin <c.ozancin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I managed to figure this out by looking at test-releasenotes-formatting.t. This showed me the format I nneded touse.
> 
> My .hgreleasenotes file appears as:
> 
> [sections]
> deprecated=Deprecated Features
> 
> This really needs to be added to the documentation for releasenotes
> 
> Craig
> 
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 11:21 AM Augie Fackler <raf at durin42.com <mailto:raf at durin42.com>> wrote:
> (+some release notes experts)
> 
> > On Sep 10, 2022, at 12:35, Craig Ozancin <c.ozancin at gmail.com <mailto:c.ozancin at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> > As I move my project to the point I can begin making alpha level releases, I have decided to start using the releasenotes extension.
> > 
> > While its use is a bit cryptic for beginners, I was able to get it figured out after some experimenting.
> > 
> > The default sections are a good start. However, I want to add some custom sections to project.
> > 
> > One section I want to add is for "Deprecated Features".
> > 
> > After looking at the extension source in the hg repository (gext/releasenotes.py), it looks like custom sections can be added using .hgreleasenotes file.
> > 
> > I have been experimenting with this with no luck. This is not documented at all.
> > 
> > Has anyone used this?
> > 
> > I am ready to publish a changeset that I want to use this and am blocked until
> > I figure it out.
> > 
> > Craig
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