[openssl/openssl] 7f51fd: Create a simple check for suggesting NEWS/CHANGES ...

[Neil Horman]

Branch: refs/heads/master
Home: https://github.com/openssl/openssl
Commit: 7f51fd8ef7c79d81c3c42c1863606011cc9e3cbb
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7f51fd8ef7c79d81c3c42c1863606011cc9e3cbb
Author: Neil Horman <nho...@openssl.org>
Date: 2026-01-13 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)

Changed paths:
A .github/workflows/check-news-changes.yml

Log Message:
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Create a simple check for suggesting NEWS/CHANGES additions

During a release cycle we always wind up going through our git history
to try make sure we caught all the stuff that needed a CHANGES/NEWS
entry. Lets try make that at least a little more automated here. PR's
that reference CVEs, come from feature branches or impact public apis
generally need a NEWS/CHANGES entry, so lets flag those during CI. It
should serve as a reminder to add entries to NEWS/CHANGES to prs meeting
the above criteria, and can be ignored via the application of the
no_news_changes_needed label to the PR.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul...@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Norbert Pocs <norb...@openssl.org>
MergeDate: Tue Jan 13 19:17:37 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29536)


Commit: 4e1ee1662acb81e53c085c81cb704debdf3f4c99
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/4e1ee1662acb81e53c085c81cb704debdf3f4c99
Author: Neil Horman <nho...@openssl.org>
Date: 2026-01-13 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)

Changed paths:
A util/check-news-changes.sh

Log Message:
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Add script to aid scanning of a release branch for missed NEWS/CHANGES

Add script to run over a commit range looking for PR's that didn't add a
NEWS/CHANGES entry, but perhaps should have.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul...@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Norbert Pocs <norb...@openssl.org>
MergeDate: Tue Jan 13 19:17:39 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29536)


Commit: faf48d097b31abeec694b7a31ed49987880595f1
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/faf48d097b31abeec694b7a31ed49987880595f1
Author: Neil Horman <nho...@openssl.org>
Date: 2026-01-13 (Tue, 13 Jan 2026)

Changed paths:
M .github/workflows/check-news-changes.yml

Log Message:
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Update .github/workflows/check-news-changes.yml

Co-authored-by: Pocs Norbert <norber...@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul...@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Norbert Pocs <norb...@openssl.org>
MergeDate: Tue Jan 13 19:17:42 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29536)


Compare: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/compare/c08264903396...faf48d097b31

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