[QGIS-Developer] Changelog for 3.10

[Ismail Sunni]

Hi Nyall,
>
>
> As a reminder from last cycle, we've adapted certain language
> guidelines to make the changelog consistent and easier to read:
> - Don't use passive tense "A feature was added which allows use
> of...", instead replace it with the more personal "WE added a
> feature... this allows YOU to...".
> - Talk up features! Make them sound innovative, exciting and "fun",
> instead of dry and technical.
> - Give lots of credit to sponsors, e.g.  "In previous QGIS versions
> you had to ... . Now, thanks to sponsorship from ###, you can now
> directly import..."


Thanks for the guidelines, I didn't know it before. I have added the
description for the features that I did for the GSoC, following the
guidelines.

Best regards.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 8:38 AM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Once again a release has rolled around with our changelog in complete
> disarray. :(
>
> I w̶a̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ invested some time today copying entries from the git
> log across to the changelog, but honestly, we were all TERRIBLE this
> cycle and the git commits for features consistently had next to no
> documentation. Everyone was at fault here*.
>
> As a result, the changelog still looks... rather... crap. So devs--
> please fix and expand on your entries!*
>
> As a reminder from last cycle, we've adapted certain language
> guidelines to make the changelog consistent and easier to read:
>
> - Don't use passive tense "A feature was added which allows use
> of...", instead replace it with the more personal "WE added a
> feature... this allows YOU to...".
>
> - Talk up features! Make them sound innovative, exciting and "fun",
> instead of dry and technical.
>
> - Give lots of credit to sponsors, e.g.  "In previous QGIS versions
> you had to ... . Now, thanks to sponsorship from ###, you can now
> directly import..."
>
> Nyall
>
>
> * myself included
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