Use `pronamic/pronamic-changelog-md-to-wordpress-plugin-readme-txt`

[remcotolsma]

I have tested this on https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/salesfeed/tags/1.3.3/readme.txt, but it is not reflected on https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/salesfeed/#developers. It seems there are some issues on WordPress.org.

Is anyone aware of this issue? I just committed the first version of a plugin, and got this even though readme.txt has a Stable tag: 1.0.0 header, and the latest commit does have tags/1.0.0 it also looks like someone else has a similar issue an hour ago: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stable-tag-issue/

https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C1LBM36LC/p1727782407080529

There's a possible ongoing DDoS right now which is impacting things unfortunately, I'd suggest trying again in like 5-10 minutes :slightly_smiling_face:

https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1727772874487819

If this is working on ok and approved by @rvdsteege we can tag 1.0.0 of https://github.com/pronamic/pronamic-changelog-md-to-wordpress-plugin-readme-txt.

[remcotolsma]

Do I understand correctly though, that the start and end markers in the CHANGELOG.md file need to be updated manually for each release?

Yes, that's right, but as far as I'm concerned the marker doesn't need to be moved up for every release.

Would it be possible / nice if that is optional and that, by default (without any markers in the Markdown), it just takes the same number of releases that are already between the markers in the readme.txt (number of lines starting with ##) and replace these with the releases from the Markdown?

Yes, that could be done, but it would make the https://github.com/pronamic/pronamic-changelog-md-to-wordpress-plugin-readme-txt library a bit more complex. That's why I mentioned this in the README.md:

Usage

To keep this library simple, two markers are needed in CHANGELOG.md and readme.txt.

<!-- Start changelog -->

<!-- End changelog -->

https://github.com/pronamic/pronamic-changelog-md-to-wordpress-plugin-readme-txt?tab=readme-ov-file#usage

It may not be a big deal that changelog entries in the readme.txt file grow. In that respect, the <!-- End changelog --> does not need to be moved up for every release. After a certain number of major releases, it may be decided to move the marker up a bit. This way users have full control over this and we can keep the https://github.com/pronamic/pronamic-changelog-md-to-wordpress-plugin-readme-txt library simple for now?