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authorRyan Mulligan <ryan@ryantm.com>2021-06-23 11:04:22 -0700
committerRyan Mulligan <ryan@ryantm.com>2021-06-23 11:04:22 -0700
commitf91d7910eac989ac821394dacfcd2d8a1e329dc9 (patch)
treefb8f75f4b4418c2af3948ff90df517dabb6bdf34 /.github
parent920113a6e5e34e317c910b8477dd6cde88fcd202 (diff)
doc: cleanup documentation relating to release notes
Also delete empty release notes file.
Diffstat (limited to '.github')
-rw-r--r--.github/CONTRIBUTING.md2
-rw-r--r--.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 159b9f843480..5cf674ab10a2 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Anything that does not cause user or downstream dependency regressions can be ba
## Generating 21.11 Release Notes
+(This section also applies to backporting 21.05 release notes: substitute "rl-2111" for "rl-2105".)
+
Documentation in nixpkgs is transitioning to a markdown-centric workflow. Release notes now require a translation step to convert from markdown to a compatible docbook document.
Steps for updating 21.11 Release notes:
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 1c4d7aa0668e..51a9e8bb21f9 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Reviewing guidelines: https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#chap-reviewing-
- [ ] Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside [nixos/tests](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests))
- [ ] Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using `nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review wip"`
- [ ] Tested execution of all binary files (usually in `./result/bin/`)
-- [21.11 Release Notes](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#generating-2111-release-notes)
+- [21.11 Release Notes (or backporting 21.05 Relase notes)](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#generating-2111-release-notes)
- [ ] (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
- [ ] (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
- [ ] (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module