From 5eb8f717652ac3953ba48ee6ce72e90e38153146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre)" <oliverw@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:30:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add reminder to check special release notes board in
 release script

---
 scripts-dev/release.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index 74f41a40ec77..76e7cddb87ed 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -684,6 +684,8 @@ def full(gh_token: str) -> None:
     click.echo("1. If this is a security release, read the security wiki page.")
     click.echo("2. Check for any release blockers before proceeding.")
     click.echo("    https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/labels/X-Release-Blocker")
+    click.echo("3. Check for any other special release notes, including announcements to add to the changelog or special deployment instructions.")
+    click.echo("    https://github.com/orgs/matrix-org/projects/93/views/1")
 
     click.confirm("Ready?", abort=True)
 

From 566e00111127980c9e628e00fad2a6933b61eb15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre)" <oliverw@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:31:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Newsfile

Signed-off-by: Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre) <oliverw@matrix.org>
---
 changelog.d/16461.misc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/16461.misc

diff --git a/changelog.d/16461.misc b/changelog.d/16461.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96d040b74287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/16461.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the release script to remind releaser to check for special release notes.
\ No newline at end of file

From 0ea4bf2313e0ab4a68cc46c05905269892378cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reivilibre <oliverw@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:01:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update release.py

---
 scripts-dev/release.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index 76e7cddb87ed..e00fd143483f 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ def full(gh_token: str) -> None:
     click.echo("2. Check for any release blockers before proceeding.")
     click.echo("    https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/labels/X-Release-Blocker")
     click.echo("3. Check for any other special release notes, including announcements to add to the changelog or special deployment instructions.")
-    click.echo("    https://github.com/orgs/matrix-org/projects/93/views/1")
+    click.echo("    See the 'Synapse Maintainer Report'.")
 
     click.confirm("Ready?", abort=True)
 

From 897f6eb31a8ce5891ab7e891332b2ae8e47f7054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre)" <oliverw@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:04:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Bah, black

---
 scripts-dev/release.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index e00fd143483f..7508ae509625 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -684,7 +684,9 @@ def full(gh_token: str) -> None:
     click.echo("1. If this is a security release, read the security wiki page.")
     click.echo("2. Check for any release blockers before proceeding.")
     click.echo("    https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/labels/X-Release-Blocker")
-    click.echo("3. Check for any other special release notes, including announcements to add to the changelog or special deployment instructions.")
+    click.echo(
+        "3. Check for any other special release notes, including announcements to add to the changelog or special deployment instructions."
+    )
     click.echo("    See the 'Synapse Maintainer Report'.")
 
     click.confirm("Ready?", abort=True)