doc/README.md: discourage RELNOTE in CLs

Release notes should always be files under doc/next. Make it clear that
this is the only way to add them: RELNOTE markers in CLs are no longer
supported.

Change-Id: I34d77eb876f57b84ecdc7e5ecbf3eb5c91e6fed8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/582075
Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@google.com>
TryBot-Bypass: Jonathan Amsterdam <jba@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org>

diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index 666e0966c9ce2df93603ffb0b45136998fad5ea7..c2b320711f66008e796bda0cfb3c3686f6f21e73 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The `initial` and `next` subdirectories of this directory are for release notes.
 
 ## For developers
 
-Release notes should be added to `next` by editing existing files or creating new files.
+Release notes should be added to `next` by editing existing files or creating
+new files. **Do not add RELNOTE=yes comments in CLs.** Instead, add a file to
+the CL (or ask the author to do so).
 
 At the end of the development cycle, the files will be merged by being
 concatenated in sorted order by pathname. Files in the directory matching the