Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-25 Thread Wes Turner
tools, projects, changelog filenames x-posting from https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/6#issuecomment-282529194 : ... changelog filenames - CHANGELOG.rst - HISTORY.rst - whatsnew.rst - Misc/NEWS ### ``Escaping M``arkup NOTE: commit logs may contain (executable) markup - **https:/

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-25 Thread Brett Cannon
On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 at 13:30 Ned Deily wrote: > On Feb 22, 2017, at 07:27, Victor Stinner > wrote: > > > [...]My idea is not new, it's already discussed in the Python > core-workflow: > > https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/6 > > > > I'm opening a thread on python-dev because Misc/NEW

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Feb 24, 2017, at 11:40 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: >I'm for it too. Fixing up Misc/NEWS is probably the trickiest and most >error-prone part of cutting a release. Not to mention cherry picking for older releases. >While I'm sure we can learn a lot by examining "reno", my suspicion is we'll >wa

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-24 Thread Larry Hastings
On 02/22/2017 08:26 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote: On 2/22/17 7:27 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: OpenStack happily fixed this issue one or two years ago with "reno": https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reno [...] What do you think of the overall idea? I'm for it. I'd be interested in hearing what current and fo

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Victor Stinner
2017-02-22 23:53 GMT+01:00 Serhiy Storchaka : > Some changes can be related to a couple of modules. I suggest to repeat either repeat the change in each module section, or put the change in a general section. The tool should support a list of modules. Victor _

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/22/2017 5:53 PM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: On 22.02.17 22:59, Victor Stinner wrote: While we are talking about changing things... I would propose to require to specify a module name if a change is in the Library section, and then maybe even group changes per module. Some changes can be rela

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/22/2017 3:59 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: 2017-02-22 17:42 GMT+01:00 Barry Warsaw : Our release notes have different sections: * Core and Builtins * Extension Modules * Library * IDLE * Windows * C API * Documentation * Build * Tools/Demos * Tests (others?) While we are talking about ch

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
On 22.02.17 22:59, Victor Stinner wrote: While we are talking about changing things... I would propose to require to specify a module name if a change is in the Library section, and then maybe even group changes per module. Some changes can be related to a couple of modules. _

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Ned Deily
On Feb 22, 2017, at 07:27, Victor Stinner wrote: > [...]My idea is not new, it's already discussed in the Python core-workflow: > https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/6 > > I'm opening a thread on python-dev because Misc/NEWS quickly became a > blocker issue with the Python new workflo

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Victor Stinner
2017-02-22 17:42 GMT+01:00 Barry Warsaw : > Our release notes have different sections: > > * Core and Builtins > * Extension Modules > * Library > * Windows > * C API > * Documentation > * Build > * Tools/Demos > * Tests > (others?) While we are talking about changing things... I would propose to

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Doug Hellmann
Excerpts from Barry Warsaw's message of 2017-02-22 11:42:57 -0500: > On Feb 22, 2017, at 01:27 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > > >OpenStack happily fixed this issue one or two years ago with "reno": > >https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reno > > reno looks interesting but there is at least one thing I thin

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Feb 22, 2017, at 01:27 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: >OpenStack happily fixed this issue one or two years ago with "reno": >https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reno reno looks interesting but there is at least one thing I think would need changing for us. Aside: I'm not super psyched about its requiring

Re: [Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Eric V. Smith
On 2/22/17 7:27 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: OpenStack happily fixed this issue one or two years ago with "reno": https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reno It's a simple tool building a changelog from a list of files: each file describe a change of a commit. The filename is the commit identifier. Simple, i

[Python-Dev] Split Misc/NEWS into individual files

2017-02-22 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, As an user, I like Misc/NEWS changelog. I like reading https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/changelog.html#changelog after a minor Python release to see all bugfixes. As a developer, I deeply hate this file :-) It's very painful to: * find the latest Python version in this giant file * find