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Update hacking file with terse notes on formatting changelog
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@ -414,10 +414,43 @@ Here are the steps Roger takes when putting out a new Tor release:
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and as a directory authority. See if it has any obvious bugs, and
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resolve those.
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1.5) As applicable, merge the maint-X branch into the release-X branch.
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2) Gather the changes/* files into a changelog entry, rewriting many
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of them and reordering to focus on what users and funders would find
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interesting and understandable.
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2.1) Make sure that everything that wants a bug number has one.
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2.2) Concatenate them.
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2.3) Sort them by section. Within each section, try to make the
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first entry or two and the last entry most interesting: they're
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the ones that skimmers tend to read.
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2.4) Clean them up
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Standard idioms:
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"Fixes bug 9999; Bugfix on 0.3.3.3-alpha."
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One period after a space.
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Make stuff very terse
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Describe the user-visible problem right away
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Mention relevant config options by name. If they're rare or unusual,
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remind people what they're for
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Avoid starting lines with open-paren
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Present and imperative tense: not past.
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2.5) Merge them in.
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2.6) Clean everything one last time.
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2.7) Run it through fmt to make it pretty.
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3) Compose a short release blurb to highlight the user-facing
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changes. Insert said release blurb into the ChangeLog stanza. If it's
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a stable release, add it to the ReleaseNotes file too. If we're adding
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