[gnome-software: 12/14] docs: Add more detail about appdata entries in RELEASE.md




commit 76839c72968dcae7c27475e64455aca9653a1901
Author: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>
Date:   Fri Jan 29 15:46:38 2021 +0000

    docs: Add more detail about appdata entries in RELEASE.md
    
    Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>

 RELEASE.md | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 36018a007..97a85cc24 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ Check the version in `meson.build` is correct for this release.
 
 Write release entries:
 ```
-git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 3.37.92... | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | sort | 
uniq
+gitlab-changelog GNOME/gnome-software 3.38.0..
 ```
 
-Add any user visible changes into `data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in`.
+Edit this down to just the user visible changes, and list them in
+`data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in`. User visible changes are ones
+which the average user might be interested to know about, such as a fix for an
+impactful bug, a UI change, or a feature change.
+
+You can get review of your appdata changes from other co-maintainers if you wish.
 
 Generate `NEWS` file:
 ```


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