This is the directory for news fragments used by towncrier: https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier

You create a news fragment in this directory when you make a change, and the file gets removed from
this directory when the news is published.

towncrier has a few standard types of news fragments, signified by the file extension. These are:

.feature: Signifying a new feature.
.bugfix: Signifying a bug fix.
.doc: Signifying a documentation improvement.
.removal: Signifying a deprecation or removal of public API.
.change: Signifying a change of behavior
.misc: Miscellaneous change