ci: drop release-drafter workflow
Metadata
Current evaluation
Merged PR #369 (commit ccfe2a3, "ci: drop release-drafter workflow"), deleting the unused release-drafter workflow and its config (-40 lines) since each repo keeps its own changelogs/release notes.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The PR itself was merged into the default branch by maintainer tigarmo with 2 approvals, landing as commit ccfe2a3 which removed .github/release-drafter configuration and the release-drafter workflow file; the release-publish workflow continues to use per-repo release notes.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Our release-publish workflow adds the release notes (the list of commits and contributors) to each new release, and all of our libraries and applications have their own in-repo changelog/release notes. Ultimately, the content produced by this workflow was never getting used.
- [ ] Have you followed the guidelines for contributing?
- [ ] Have you signed the [CLA](http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/contributors/)?
- [ ] Have you successfully run `make lint && make test`?
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #369 (commit ccfe2a3, "ci: drop release-drafter workflow"), deleting the unused release-drafter workflow and its config (-40 lines) since each repo keeps its own changelogs/release notes. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged craft-store PR #375, deleting the unused release-drafter workflow and configuration because each repository maintains its own changelogs and release notes. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged PR removing the unused release-drafter CI workflow. The automation was redundant as release notes are already generated by the release-publish workflow and maintained in per-repository changelogs. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI checks. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged removal of the release-drafter CI workflow. The maintainer determined it was redundant since the release-publish workflow already generates release notes and projects maintain their own changelogs, rendering the drafter output unused. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/craft-store#375
(confidence 80%)
Sibling canonical repo PR making the same release-drafter removal, part of the same multi-repo cleanup
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Related To:
starbase#334
(confidence 55%)
Last release-drafter action bump (764de6f, v6.1.0) before the workflow was deleted in ccfe2a3
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1239 ci: remove release-drafter workflow | rockcraft | merged | Merged PR #1239 (commit 2ea803a2) deleted the redundant release-drafter workflow (-41 lines, 2 files) because the publish workflow already generates release notes. Approved by 2 reviewers; only unrelated source-spread-tests failed. | |
| #6262 ci: drop release drafter | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #6262 (commit 1a127efa1) deleted the unused release-drafter workflow and config (22 lines) after maintainers rejected the v7 upgrade fix in #6253. | |
| #375 ci: drop release drafter | craft-store | merged | Merged in canonical/craft-store#375 via commit 16a4bf6, deleting the Release Drafter workflow and repository configuration. | |
| #2331 ci: remove release drafter workflow | charmcraft | merged | Merged PR #2331 by lengau removed the unused, consistently failing release-drafter workflow file (.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml, -16 lines) via commits cbfe457b/d800422c; CI green apart from unrelated snap-tests failures. | |
| #5314 ci: remove duplicate release-drafter workflow | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #5314 in d20682815, deleting a duplicate 16-line release-drafter workflow after two approvals and with no unresolved review comments. | |
| #760 ci: remove release-drafter workflow | craft-providers | merged | Merged PR #760 removed the obsolete release-drafter GitHub Actions workflow via commit 1e44ec7. | |
| #5597 ci: add release-drafter workflow | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #5597 as commit a6f87915c, restoring the Release Drafter workflow to generate contributor lists for future releases. | |
| #159 ci: remove release-drafter workflow | craft-archives | merged | Merged #159 and removed the release-drafter workflow and configuration to align CI with starbase; landed as commit fa73f55. | |
| #245 ci: remove release drafter | craft-platforms | merged | Merged PR #245 removed the unused Release Drafter configuration after Renovate's v7 update caused its workflow to fail; merged as commit 6591487. | |
| #6253 ci: fix release-drafter workflow | snapcraft | closed | Closed unmerged after maintainers chose deletion over v7 compatibility; PR #6262 removed release-drafter in commit 1a127efa1. |