{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/issues/401","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/issues/401/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/issues/401/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/issues/401/events","html_url":"https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/401","id":101375644,"number":401,"title":"add a NEWS file","user":{"login":"ArneBab","id":96777,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96777?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab","html_url":"https://github.com/ArneBab","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-08-17T09:15:34Z","updated_at":"2015-08-17T21:05:59Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/pulls/401","html_url":"https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/401","diff_url":"https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/401.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/401.patch"},"body":"The goal of the NEWS file is to distribute the effort of gathering and summarizing noteworthy changes.\r\n\r\nIdeally writing release notes would only consist of turning the list of changes into a sentence (adding “this release” and a few *and*’s and *also*’s)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/issues/comments/131961000","html_url":"https://github.com/freenet/fred/pull/401#issuecomment-131961000","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/freenet/fred/issues/401","id":131961000,"user":{"login":"ArneBab","id":96777,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96777?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab","html_url":"https://github.com/ArneBab","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ArneBab/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-17T21:05:59Z","updated_at":"2015-08-17T21:05:59Z","body":"I don’t think so: This rather collects the changes and would be a simpler source for writing release notes which then go into the tags.\r\n\r\nThe big advantage is that when someone creates a pull-requests we can say “please add a NEWS entry”. That distributes the work of creating a short overview of the changes (and as such complements the ChangeLog which provides the detailed list of the changes)."}}