Prepare for 1.7.0

[wismill]

I think we are ready for a new release. There are a few MRs ( #391, #415, #434, #440) that would make a release worth on their own.

Updated NEWS.

TODO:

• Merge remaining MR planned for 1.7.0

Few questions:

• Is the changelog too detailed?
• Should the keysyms update goes to “breaking changes”? I consider it more as a fix, but it does break anything that rely on the reverted canonical names.

[whot]

I'm leaving this here because it's related: input-leap which I've worked on in the past uses towncrier to generate the release notes. May be worth looking at for the next release because it detaches writing the release notes for each addition from the actual release process.

edit: there are lots of other projects that do the same I expect, towncrier is just the one I've come across

[wismill]

@whot I think this is a really good idea. It is much easier to write the entries for news at the time of the MR. And having the NEWS generated for us is less pain.

I have seen other tools like this in other projects too. Since xkbcommon is not a big project, we do not need a very advanced tool. I’ll give a look some later.

[whot]

lgtm, thanks, but I leave the final ack to @bluetech

[wismill]

@whot suggested that we should downgrade parse error on Mod6-Mod32 to mere warning ASAP, in preparation of future addition to real modifiers. See #447 for a PoC and discussion.

[whot]

fwiw, given how #447 is going to be a bit more complex I reckon it might be best punting that to the next release.

[bluetech]

Is the changelog too detailed?

I think it's good!

Should the keysyms update goes to “breaking changes”? I consider it more as a fix, but it does break anything that rely on the reverted canonical names.

I think the current changelog makes things pretty clear.

[wismill]

@whot @bluetech only #465 remains for this release.

[wismill]

Note: Release notes should be updated if #465 is merged.

I am testing towncrier as proposed by Peter. Sounds a good tool for the job, will send MR soon for the next release.

[wismill]

I added entry for #465. Please check my wording: my intention is to warn of the inconsistency but at the same time to reassure it was an issue with relatively only few keysyms.

[wismill]

Added entry for #468 (pending).

[wismill]

@bluetech @whot I think we are ready for a new release. The NEWS.md file requires a proper date.

[whot]

LGTM!

[bluetech]

Thanks! Added an entry for d455e80, will do the release now.