Add template for prereleases

[king-alexander]

Close #8820

[nicoddemus]

Hi @king-alexander,

From #8820 I take we also need to update pytest/scripts/release.py?

[king-alexander]

Hey @nicoddemus! I appreciate your comment. I'm new to open source and using Hacktoberfest as an opportunity to get more involved. Yes, pytest/scripts/release.py needs to be updated. I wasn’t quite sure how to go about it and planned to take another look tomorrow morning.

[nicoddemus]

No worries, take your time, and let us know if you have any questions!

[king-alexander]

Hey @nicoddemus thanks! I do have a question. Under what condition should the prerelease template be used versus the minor release template or patch template? @The-Compiler mentions passing the is_major option to release.py, but don't we need another condition to pick between 3 different templates?

[nicoddemus]

Under what condition should the prerelease template be used versus the minor release template or patch template?

At the moment announce just receives a version parameter:

pytest/scripts/release.py

Line 13 in e84ba80

def announce(version):

And based on that, decides which template to use:

pytest/scripts/release.py

Lines 25 to 27 in e84ba80

	template_name = (
	"release.minor.rst" if version.endswith(".0") else "release.patch.rst"
	)

I suggest we explicitly pass the name of template, so announce receives another parameter template_name, which we explicitly pass on from prepare-release.py:

pytest/scripts/prepare-release-pr.py

Line 85 in e84ba80

cmdline = ["tox", "-e", "release", "--", version, "--skip-check-links"]

[king-alexander]

@nicoddemus Let me know what you think!

[nicoddemus]

Thanks @king-alexander for the updates, left a few more comments, please take a look!

[nicoddemus]

Thanks @king-alexander!

[king-alexander]

Thank you @nicoddemus! I'm grateful for the chance to contribute 🙂

[king-alexander]

@nicoddemus Is this good to merge?

[nicoddemus]

Yes, thanks for the ping! Merging.

[The-Compiler]

Just catching up on pytest 7.0.0 in the last couple of days - thanks @king-alexander and @nicoddemus, great work! 👍