[issue15260] Mention how to order Misc/NEWS entries

Ned Deily added the comment: Thanks for the patch! -- nosy: +ned.deily resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue15260] Mention how to order Misc/NEWS entries

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset bbe197bf57a1 by Ned Deily in branch 'default': Issue #15260: Expand information on Misc/NEWS entries. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/bbe197bf57a1 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue15260] Mention how to order Misc/NEWS entries

Chris Jerdonek added the comment: Patch attached. I moved the discussion of NEWS entries to a section before the discussion on commit messages because previously, the commit message discussion referenced NEWS entries before they had been discussed (and not vice versa). This seems clearer to

[issue15260] Mention how to order Misc/NEWS entries

Éric Araujo added the comment: The whole file is ordered with newest on top (newest Python version), so I guess it’s implicit for all committers that sections are also ordered with newest on top. It does not actually matter; the contents of one “what’s new in Python W.XyZ” are not ordered.

[issue15260] Mention how to order Misc/NEWS entries

New submission from Chris Jerdonek : I think it would help if the "Commit Messages and NEWS Entries" subsection of the Developer's Guide said something about where in the ordering new Misc/NEWS entries should be added (e.g. at the top or bottom or by importance): http://docs.python.org/devguid