Commit 28ec2298 authored by Mayra Cabrera's avatar Mayra Cabrera

Mention security fixes on Changelog guidelines

Security fixes should have changelog entries without the merge request
value and with type set to security
parent 3b9944fc
......@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ the `author` field. GitLab team members **should not**.
- Any change that introduces a database migration, whether it's regular, post,
or data migration, **must** have a changelog entry.
- [Security fixes] **must** have a changelog entry, without `merge_request` value
and with `type` set to `security`.
- Any user-facing change **should** have a changelog entry. Example: "GitLab now
uses system fonts for all text."
- Performance improvements **should** have a changelog entry.
......@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ and then compiling the entries into the overall `CHANGELOG.md` file during the
[release managers]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/blob/master/quickstart/release-manager.md
[started brainstorming]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/17826
[release process]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-tools
[Security fixes]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/blob/master/general/security/developer.md
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