Add a note on CHANGES and NEWS in CONTRIBUTING
@@ -53,3 +53,20 @@ guidelines:
documentation. Please look at the "pod" files in doc/man[1357] for
examples of our style. Run "make doc-nits" to make sure that your
documentation changes are clean.
+
+ 7. For user visible changes (API changes, behaviour changes, ...),
+ consider adding a note in CHANGES. This could be a summarising
+ description of the change, and could explain the grander details.
+ Have a look through existing entries for inspiration.
+ Please note that this is NOT simply a copy of git-log oneliners.
+ Also note that security fixes get an entry in CHANGES.
+ This file helps users get more in depth information of what comes
+ with a specific release without having to sift through the higher
+ noise ratio in git-log.
+
+ 8. For larger or more important user visible changes, as well as
+ security fixes, please add a line in NEWS. On exception, it might be
+ worth adding a multi-line entry (such as the entry that announces all
+ the types that became opaque with OpenSSL 1.1.0).
+ This file helps users get a very quick summary of what comes with a
+ specific release, to see if an upgrade is worth the effort.
