ENH: use towncrier to build the release note

1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0e4f8aeb1..5c90ed3f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,3 +2,59 @@
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
 requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "cython"]  # PEP 508 specification
 
+
+[tool.towncrier]
+    # Do no set this since it is hard to import numpy inside the source directory
+    # Use "--version Numpy" instead
+    #project = "numpy"
+    filename = "doc/release/latest-note.rst"
+    directory = "changelog/"
+    issue_format = "`#{issue} <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/{issue}>`__"
+    template = "changelog/template.rst"
+    underlines="~="
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "new_function"
+        name = "New functions"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "deprecation"
+        name = "Deprecations"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "future"
+      name = "Future Changes"
+      showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "expired"
+      name = "Expired deprecations"
+      showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "coompatibility"
+      name = "Compatibility notes"
+      showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "c_api"
+      name = "C API changes"
+      showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "new_features"
+      name = "New Features"
+      showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "improvements"
+      name = "Improvements"
+      showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+      directory = "changes"
+      name = "Changes"
+      showcontent = true
+