Backfill 1.2.2 to changelog

[aaruni96]

This depends on #4448 , just a first draft of what a backfilled changelog for v1.2.2 could look like.

This skips the following compared to the autogenerated changelog in the release page :

• test/PolyhedralGeometry: remove some prefer blocks test/PolyhedralGeometry: remove some prefer blocks #4351
• Add comment about bibtool version, minor fix in testsuite Add comment about bibtool version, minor fix in testsuite #4356
• Fix indent in AlgebraicCycles.md Fix indent in AlgebraicCycles.md #4368
• Fix toric typo Fix toric typo #4367

[fingolfin]

Thank you, I think this is a good idea in principle.

But I would suggest to link to the PRs that implemented a fix. That way one can easily find out more information about a given fix.

[fingolfin]

BTW, not a complaint, but, why isn't this in PR #4448? Don't they basically do the same thing, i.e. add CHANGELOG.md, just with different content?

[fingolfin]

That's better. I've now adjusted #4396 to use this as title, and added the "use title" label.

We also should add labels reflecting the categories we use. While I am still not convinced that "Added" / "Changed" / etc. are what we want (after all the description usually makes that clear already: "Fixed a problem with ..."), I am OK with trying that out for now, we can then iterate.

But that would suggestion suitable labels. E.g. category: change, category: fix, category: addition (or any different prefix, like kind: or type:. Or no prefix, whatever. As long as there is a way to find out which labels are relevant. Having a common prefix simply makes that easier)

[aaruni96]

why isn't this in PR #4448?

I didn't want to conflate the two discussions : tracking new changes in a changelog file v/s how to backfill the changelog .

I can close this in favor of #4448 (and add these changes there) if you prefer.

[aaruni96]

Closed in favor of #4448