## **DO NOT REMOVE THIS FILE!**

The only files that should be added to this directory are ones that will be
used by the release script to update the UPGRADE.txt file automatically. The
only time that it is necessary to add something to the UPGRADE-staging directory
is if you are making a breaking change to an existing feature in Asterisk. The
file does not need to have a meaningful name, but it probably should. If there
are multiple items that need documenting, you can add multiple files, each with
their own description. If the message is going to be the same for each subject,
then you can add multiple subject headers to one file. The "Subject: xxx" line
is case sensitive! For example, if you are making a change to PJSIP, then you
might add the file "res_pjsip_my_cool_feature" to this directory, with a short
description of what it does. If you are adding multiple entries, they should be
done in the same commit to avoid merge conflicts. Here's an example:

> Subject: res_pjsip
> Subject: Core
>
> Here's a pretty good description of my new feature that explains exactly what
> it does and how to use it.

Here's a master-only example:

> Subject: res_ari
> Master-Only: True
>
> This change will only go into the master branch. The "Master-Only" header
> will never be in a change not in master.

Note that the second subject has another header: "Master-Only". Changes that go
into the master branch and ONLY the master branch are the only ones that should
have this header. Also, the value can only be "true" or "True". The
"Master-Only" part of the header IS case-sensitive, however!

For more information, check out the wiki page:
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/CHANGES+and+UPGRADE.txt
