From f71bbff8771d433d6794531e731b5056a33cb6ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:26:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Basic towncrier skeleton

---
 newsfragments/.gitignore |  0
 pyproject.toml           | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 setup.py                 |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/.gitignore
 create mode 100644 pyproject.toml

diff --git a/newsfragments/.gitignore b/newsfragments/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..100722f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[tool.towncrier]
+    package = "allmydata"
+    package_dir = "src"
+    filename = "NEWS.rst"
+    directory = "newsfragments"
+    start_string = ".. towncrier start line"
+    title_format = "{version} ({project_date})"
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "incompat"
+        name = "Backwards incompatible changes"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "feature"
+        name = "Features"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "bugfix"
+        name = "Bug fixes"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "installation"
+        name = "Dependency/Installation changes"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "configuration"
+        name = "Configuration changes"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "removed"
+        name = "Removed Features"
+        showcontent = true
+
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "other"
+        name = "Other changes"
+        showcontent = true
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a97f31dd4..8a4dcf45a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ setup(name="tahoe-lafs", # also set in __init__.py
               "foolscap[i2p] >= 0.12.6",
               "txi2p >= 0.3.2", # in case pip's resolver doesn't work
           ],
+          "release": [
+              "towncrier",
+          ],
       },
       package_data={"allmydata.web": ["*.xhtml",
                                       "static/*.js", "static/*.png", "static/*.css",