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@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ When we go to make a release, we will concatenate all the entries
in changes to make a draft changelog, and clear the directory. We'll
then edit the draft changelog into a nice readable format.
+To make sure that stuff is in the right format, we use
+scripts/maint/lintChanges.py to check the changes files for
+(superficial) validity. You can run this script on your own changes
+files!
+
What needs a changes file?
* A not-exhaustive list: Anything that might change user-visible