Changelog harvesting

[Xpirix]

Feature Description

From @timlinux

Can you make a tool (or check if they already made one) to harvest the changelog to QGIS-Hugo? it will be nice if you can run it multiple times to e.g. pull in updates that got made to the changelog after we already harvested it

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[Xpirix]

@timlinux, Please find below my understanding and the proposed approach for this feature.

Current situation

After reviewing the changelog website, the current QGIS website (qgis.org), and the QGIS-Hugo website, I observed the following:

• Access Restrictions: Downloading a changelog RST file from changelog.qgis.org requires a logged-in staff user account.
• Content Discrepancies: There are notable differences between the RST files on the main website and those on changelog.qgis.org. For instance, the Cesium 3D Tiles section appears on the main website but is absent from the corresponding changelog page at changelog.qgis.org.
• File Usage: The QGIS-Hugo website currently utilizes the transformed RST files (converted to Markdown) from the main QGIS website (qgis.org).

Proposed Approach:

• Create an Open Endpoint: Establish a publicly accessible endpoint on changelog.qgis.org to allow downloading Markdown versions of each changelog.
• Automate Retrieval on QGIS-Hugo: Develop a script within QGIS-Hugo to fetch the changelog from this new endpoint based on a specified version.

This strategy eliminates the need to retrieve RST files from the current website repository and manually convert them to Markdown.