Commit 4659a281 authored by Sytse Sijbrandij's avatar Sytse Sijbrandij

Merge branch 'changelog_guidelines' into 'master'

Add Changelog Guidelines to monthly.md

Fixes #1868

Added the changelog guidelines according to the issue mentioned above. @sytse I didn't add the extra lines to the 7.7.0 log, since we have a codefreeze soon.

/cc @job

See merge request !1389
parents 3103e567 e5883286
Note: The upcoming release contains empty lines to reduce the number of merge conflicts, scroll down to see past releases.
v 7.7.0 v 7.7.0
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...@@ -85,14 +85,26 @@ Stop merging code in master, except for important bug fixes ...@@ -85,14 +85,26 @@ Stop merging code in master, except for important bug fixes
## Update changelog ## Update changelog
Any changes not yet added to the changelog are added by lead developer and in that merge request the complete team is asked if there is anything missing. Any changes not yet added to the changelog are added by lead developer and in that merge request the complete team is
asked if there is anything missing.
There are three changelogs that need to be updated: CE, EE and CI. There are three changelogs that need to be updated: CE, EE and CI.
Remove the Note text in the stable branches.
## Create RC1 (CE, EE, CI) ## Create RC1 (CE, EE, CI)
[Follow this How-to guide](howto_rc1.md) to create RC1. [Follow this How-to guide](howto_rc1.md) to create RC1.
## Prepare CHANGELOG for next release
Once the stable branches have been created, update the CHANGELOG in `master` with the upcoming version and add 70 empty
lines to it. We do this in order to avoid merge conflicts when merging the CHANGELOG.
Make sure that the CHANGELOG im master contains the following disclaimer message:
> Note: The upcoming release contains empty lines to reduce the number of merge conflicts, scroll down to see past releases.
## QA ## QA
Create issue on dev.gitlab.org `gitlab` repository, named "GitLab X.X QA" in order to keep track of the progress. Create issue on dev.gitlab.org `gitlab` repository, named "GitLab X.X QA" in order to keep track of the progress.
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