NEWS-x.y file is added as part of beta2 release. The release time is when we know the full contents to fill in to that document, but I think we should bring in a template file during normal development already, to have all the plumbing to Makefiles and the like in place and tested.
Cannot be made before beta1 has been released, as the file should not be present in beta1 (there's no earlier 3.0 series release to list differences against)
NEWS-x.y file is added as part of beta2 release. The release time is when we know the full contents to fill in to that document, but I think we should bring in a template file during normal development already, to have all the plumbing to Makefiles and the like in place and tested.
Cannot be made before beta1 has been released, as the file should not be present in beta1 (there's no earlier 3.0 series release to list differences against)