[Python-Dev] Re: NEWS, changelog, and blurb -- a teaching moment

2020-12-10 Thread Brett Cannon
On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:38 PM Larry Hastings wrote: > On 12/9/20 5:21 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > > On 12/9/20 5:01 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: > > > "Misc/NEWS" is no longer checked in, it's generated on demand using > "blurb merge". > > So if I understand correctly, blurb makes NEWS, but `whatsnew

[Python-Dev] Re: NEWS, changelog, and blurb -- a teaching moment

2020-12-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On 12/9/20 5:21 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: On 12/9/20 5:01 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: > "Misc/NEWS" is no longer checked in, it's generated on demand using "blurb merge". So if I understand correctly, blurb makes NEWS, but `whatsnew` is still done by hand. Correct.  You'll notice that each "w

[Python-Dev] Re: NEWS, changelog, and blurb -- a teaching moment

2020-12-09 Thread Ethan Furman
On 12/9/20 5:01 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: > "Misc/NEWS" is no longer checked in, it's generated on demand using "blurb merge". So if I understand correctly, blurb makes NEWS, but `whatsnew` is still done by hand. -- ~Ethan~ ___ Python-Dev mailing li

[Python-Dev] Re: NEWS, changelog, and blurb -- a teaching moment

2020-12-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On 12/9/20 11:19 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: Greetings! I'm hoping somebody can alleviate my confusion.  I had thought that the blurb tool was created to resolve the near-constant push races when the NEWS file was updated; but it appears that it only affects the change log. NEWS /is/ the chang

[Python-Dev] Re: NEWS, changelog, and blurb -- a teaching moment

2020-12-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 12/9/2020 2:19 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: Greetings! I'm hoping somebody can alleviate my confusion.  I had thought that the blurb tool was created to resolve the near-constant push races when the NEWS file was updated; but it appears that it only affects the change log. Unreleased blurbs ar