gen_release_notes: include links in relnotes.rst when generating the new release note

This is required to allow the docs to build, which in turn is required
if we want to allow merge requests against release (staging) branches.

Cc: mesa-stable
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/20460>

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/bin/gen_release_notes.py b/bin/gen_release_notes.py
index 4416138915d..c6dea67b4e7 100755
--- a/bin/gen_release_notes.py
+++ b/bin/gen_release_notes.py
@@ -310,6 +310,31 @@ def get_features(is_point_release: bool) -> typing.Generator[str, None, None]:
         yield "None"
 
 
+def update_release_notes_index(version: str) -> None:
+    relnotes_index_path = pathlib.Path('docs') / 'relnotes.rst'
+
+    with relnotes_index_path.open('r') as f:
+        relnotes = f.readlines()
+
+    new_relnotes = []
+    first_list = True
+    second_list = True
+    for line in relnotes:
+        if first_list and line.startswith('-'):
+            first_list = False
+            new_relnotes.append(f'-  :doc:`{version} release notes <relnotes/{version}>`\n')
+        if not first_list and second_list and line.startswith('   relnotes/'):
+            second_list = False
+            new_relnotes.append(f'   relnotes/{version}\n')
+        new_relnotes.append(line)
+
+    with relnotes_index_path.open('w') as f:
+        for line in new_relnotes:
+            f.write(line)
+
+    subprocess.run(['git', 'add', relnotes_index_path])
+
+
 async def main() -> None:
     v = pathlib.Path('VERSION')
     with v.open('rt') as f:
@@ -349,6 +374,9 @@ async def main() -> None:
             return
 
     subprocess.run(['git', 'add', final])
+
+    update_release_notes_index(this_version)
+
     subprocess.run(['git', 'commit', '-m',
                     f'docs: add release notes for {this_version}'])
 
diff --git a/bin/post_version.py b/bin/post_version.py
index e2a3580e845..26a9f899361 100755
--- a/bin/post_version.py
+++ b/bin/post_version.py
@@ -27,31 +27,6 @@ import pathlib
 import subprocess
 
 
-def update_release_notes(version: str) -> None:
-    p = pathlib.Path('docs') / 'relnotes.rst'
-
-    with open(p, 'r') as f:
-        relnotes = f.readlines()
-
-    new_relnotes = []
-    first_list = True
-    second_list = True
-    for line in relnotes:
-        if first_list and line.startswith('-'):
-            first_list = False
-            new_relnotes.append(f'-  :doc:`{version} release notes <relnotes/{version}>`\n')
-        if not first_list and second_list and line.startswith('   relnotes/'):
-            second_list = False
-            new_relnotes.append(f'   relnotes/{version}\n')
-        new_relnotes.append(line)
-
-    with open(p, 'w') as f:
-        for line in new_relnotes:
-            f.write(line)
-
-    subprocess.run(['git', 'add', p])
-
-
 def update_calendar(version: str) -> None:
     p = pathlib.Path('docs') / 'release-calendar.csv'
 
@@ -81,14 +56,9 @@ def main() -> None:
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     update_calendar(args.version)
-    done = 'update calendar'
-
-    if 'rc' not in args.version:
-        update_release_notes(args.version)
-        done += ' and link releases notes'
 
     subprocess.run(['git', 'commit', '-m',
-                    f'docs: {done} for {args.version}'])
+                    f'docs: update calendar for {args.version}'])
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":