Is there a legend for the issue/changelog prefixes?

[aaronmader]

The changelog and issue tracker are using subject line prefixes, but I'm not sure what all of them mean.

• DEP: Short for Dependency. An issue / change regarding a dependency.
• WHL: Short for .. wheel? Something about python wheels?
• ENH: Short for .. ?? Seems to be for new features?
• PERF: Short for Performance. For performance related items.
• CLN: Short for Clean. For code cleanup / clarity.
• REF: Short for ... Reference? Maybe this is documentation related?
• BUG: For bugs. Code isn't doing what it should.
• MNT: Short for... ??

I'm mostly reaching out to ask because I'm working through the process of updating my dependencies on a project, and I'm reviewing your changelog to quickly determine whether there are any breaking changes, or changes in behaviour that I need to be aware of. And I found some of these prefixes to be unclear.

You do appear to be following semantic versioning, so I know I should be safe to pop up a minor version.. but it's always worth a quick review. :)

[snowman2]

Probably a good idea to add that to the CONTRIBUTING guide sometime.

You have it mostly right. Here is the filled in version:

• DEP: Short for Dependency. An issue / change regarding a dependency.
• WHL: Short for Wheel. Change related to python wheels.
• ENH: Short for Enhancement. For new features.
• PERF: Short for Performance. For performance related items.
• CLN: Short for Clean. For code cleanup / clarity.
• REF: Short for Refactor. For code refactoring related changes.
• BUG: For Bugs. Code isn't doing what it should.
• MNT: Short for Maintenance.

[aaronmader]

Thank you @snowman2!