test release-drafter

[ebarboni]

Hi, would like to see if it can help structuring release note.
I'm unaware if I can try it on my forks as labels belongs to apache/netbeans.
So this would be a first step

[mbien]

i don't know what i should review, I never used this :)

Is this a github bot which will create pull request for changelogs?

[ebarboni]

Well it was more for technical I'm not sure copying the file is enough. It may help with a bit of configuration to get some info like
https://github.com/apache/archiva/releases

[mbien]

ah release-drafter its a github action. But it is also available as github "app" https://github.com/apps/release-drafter, however the app is deprecated and EOL ("The plan is to keep the GitHub App running for at least another year").

-> lets not use the app

Next we would have to figure out is if the action is part of the official github actions, if not, it will require extra steps. (git sub module deployment, see #4116 as example)

I would be also careful with github action access rights, I actually don't know how to configure this since apache projects have the rights set to minimum, see #4116 (comment) (I am stuck there)

In theory, this could be done via a github token, but I don't know how this works for apache projects, I don't have access to the project settings maybe someone else has or there is a different way how to solve this.

[ebarboni]

maybe I should have noticed this additionnal file

https://github.com/apache/archiva/blob/master/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

[mbien]

maybe I should have noticed this additionnal file

https://github.com/apache/archiva/blob/master/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

this is good info, because archiva is an apache project and it uses the action directly without any tricks. This means the action must be on the white list.

[ebarboni]

updated with all files. this is not testable on pr I guess

[mbien]

if you push it to the master branch of your fork, you might be able to run it there, it should hopefully appear as workflow in your fork.

[ebarboni]

labels are shared on forks ?

[mbien]

i don't know. but you should be able to run it and it should output something at least :) even without labels.

[ebarboni]

tested a bit, it only generate the draft that you can edit to get the markdown and use at another place.
Will need nicer label configuration than the default but may help to get back release note on confluence

[ebarboni]

I have limited access to the API so I guess it's acceptable but ajustement will be needed to fit our label.
This create a draf text that can be taken and stored.

[mbien]

sounds good!

[ebarboni]

giving it a try