Release 7.4.0

[atugushev]

Blocked by:

• Fix failing test on pip-24.0 #2055

[atugushev]

Failing test addressed here #2055

[chrysle]

Thanks and welcome back @atugushev!

[webknjaz]

We should really start styling the changelog writing with the past tense or present simple with references to comparisons with the previous release. Like using phrases along the lines of "X now does Y". The current content reminds a Git log rather than the release notes..

[chrysle]

@atugushev The release notes for 7.4.0 aren't contained in the sdist and don't show up in our stable documentation. Could it be that this was caused due to missing milestones (if so I'm sorry), or did you run the release-drafter workflow too late?

[atugushev]

@chrysle it appears I've published the release too early, before the PR was actually merged, due to the merge queue.

Let's fix this in 7.4.1.

[webknjaz]

This is why I prefer tracking the change notes in Git 🤷‍♂️

[chrysle]

Shall we add the towncrier Sphinx extension?

[webknjaz]

@chrysle that's not enough. My extension only shows draft fragments but Towncrier itself is not integrated here so it'd need to become a part of the release process replacing the drafter first. It's a larger change in a lot of aspects.

[chrysle]

My extension only shows draft fragments but Towncrier itself is not integrated here so it'd need to become a part of the release process replacing the drafter first.

I'd be happy to take a look at that! Should we keep the changelog in RST, or rather use Markdown?