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This is the first CL in a sequence that adds support
for generating release notes from fragments.

The actual generator will live elsewhere, in x/build.
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Release Notes

The initial and next subdirectories of this directory are for release notes.

At the start of a release development cycle, the contents of next should be deleted and replaced with those of initial. Release notes should be added to next by editing existing files or creating new files.

To prepare the release notes for a release, run golang.org/x/build/cmd/relnote generate. That will merge the .md files in next into a single file.

The files are merged by being concatenated in sorted order by pathname. Files in the directory matching the glob "*stdlib/*minor" are treated specially. They should be in subdirectories corresponding to standard library package paths, and headings for those package paths will be generated automatically.

Files in this repo's api/next directory must have corresponding files in *stdlib/*minor. The files should be in the subdirectory for the package with the new API, and should be named after the issue number of the API proposal. For example, for an api/next file with the line

pkg net/http, function F #12345

there should be a file named net/http/12345.md. At a minimum, that file should contain either a full sentence or a TODO, ideally referring to a person with the responsibility to complete the note.