HHH-18861 - Improve GitHub release announcement body for automated releases

Author: sebersole

MAINTAINERS.md

@@ -103,22 +103,24 @@ and the documentation to [docs.jboss.org](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/)
     Note only `RELEASE_VERSION` is absolutely necessary.
   * Note that for new branches where the job has never run, the first run may not ask for parameters and thus may fail:
     that's expected, just run it again.
-* After the job succeeds, check the artifacts are available on Maven Central:
-  https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/hibernate/orm/hibernate-core/.
-  They should appear after a few minutes, sometimes a few hours.
 
-#### Announcing the release
+After the job succeeds:
 
-* Blog about release on [in.relation.to](https://github.com/hibernate/in.relation.to).
-  Make sure to use the tags "Hibernate ORM" and "Releases" for the blog entry.
-  Use [release-announcement.adoc](release-announcement.adoc) as a starting point.
 * Update [hibernate.org](https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate.org) if necessary:
   * If it is a new major or minor release, add a `_data/projects/orm/releases/series.yml` file
     and a `orm/releases/<version>/index.adoc` file.
   * Adjust the release file in `_data/projects/orm/releases`: use a meaningful summary and set `announcement_url` to the blog post, if any.
   * Depending on which series you want to have displayed,
     make sure to adjust the `status`/`displayed` attributes of the `series.yml` file of the old series.
   * Push to the production branch.
+* Check that the artifacts are available on Maven Central:
+  https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/hibernate/orm/hibernate-core/.
+  They should appear after a few minutes, sometimes a few hours.
+* Make sure a GitHub release got created and that everything looks ok.
+
+
+#### Announcing the release
+
 * Send an email to `[email protected]` and CC `[email protected]`.
 * Tweet about the release via the `@Hibernate` account.
 
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ If you just released the latest stable, you will need to update other projects:
 
 In any case:
 
-* Reset [release-announcement.adoc](release-announcement.adoc).
+* Reset [release_notes.md](release_notes.md).
 
 **If it is a new major or minor release**:
 

ci/release/Jenkinsfile

@@ -147,7 +147,12 @@ pipeline {
 
 					env.RELEASE_VERSION = releaseVersion.toString()
 					env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION = developmentVersion.toString()
-					env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS = params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? "-d" : ""
+
+					def matchingFiles = findFiles(glob: "/release_notes.md")
+					env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS = " --notes=${matchingFiles[0]}"
+					if ( params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ) {
+					    env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS += " -d"
+					}
 
 					// Determine version id to check if Jira version exists
 					sh ".release/scripts/determine-jira-version-id.sh ${env.JIRA_KEY} ${releaseVersion.withoutFinalQualifier}"

release-announcement.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+
+### <a name="jpa-32"></a> Jakarta Persistence 3.2
+
+7.0 migrates to Jakarta Persistence 3.2 which can be fairly disruptive.
+See the [Migration Guide](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/7.0/migration-guide/migration-guide.html#jpa-32) for details.
+
+See [this blog post](https://in.relation.to/2024/04/01/jakarta-persistence-3/) for a summary of the changes in 3.2
+
+- [TCK Results](https://ci.hibernate.org/view/ORM/job/hibernate-orm-tck-3.2/job/wip%252F7.0/24/) with Java 17
+- [TCK Results](https://ci.hibernate.org/view/ORM/job/hibernate-orm-tck-3.2/job/wip%252F7.0/25/) with Java 21
+
+### <a name="java-17"></a> Java 17
+
+Version 3.2 of Jakarta Persistence requires Java 17.  
+Hibernate 7.0 therefore baselines on Java 17 whereas previous versions baseline on Java 11.
+
+### <a name="model-validations"></a> Domain Model Validations
+
+7.0 does much more validation of an application's domain model and especially its mapping details, e.g.
+
+* illegal combinations such as `@Basic` and `@ManyToOne` on the same attribute
+* misplaced annotations such as an annotated getter method with FIELD access
+* stricter following of JavaBean conventions
+
+See the [Migration Guide](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/7.0/migration-guide/migration-guide.html#model-validation) for details.
+
+
+### <a name="mapping-xml"></a> mapping.xsd
+
+Hibernate 7.0 provides a new XSD that represents an "extension" of the Jakarta Persistence orm.xsd weaving in Hibernate-specific mapping features.  
+The namespace for this extended mapping is `http://www.hibernate.org/xsd/orm/mapping`
+
+For applications using Hibernate's legacy `hbm.xml` format, we provide a tool to help with the transformation.
+See the [Migration Guide](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/7.0/migration-guide/migration-guide.html#hbm-transform) for details.
+
+
+### <a name="hibernate-models"></a> Hibernate Models
+
+7.0 migrates from [Hibernate Commons Annotations](https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-commons-annotations/) (HCANN) to the new [Hibernate Models](https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-models) project for low-level processing of an application domain model, reading annotations and weaving in XML mapping documents.
+See the [Migration Guide](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/7.0/migration-guide/migration-guide.html#hibernate-models) for details.
+
+
+### <a name="json-and-xml-functions"></a> JSON and XML functions
+
+Support for most of the JSON and XML functions that the SQL standard specifies was added to HQL/Criteria.
+The implementations retain the SQL standard semantics and will throw an error if emulation on a database is impossible.
+
+New functions include:
+
+* construction functions like `json_array()`, `json_object()`, `xmlelement()` and `xmlforest()`
+* query functions like `json_value()`, `json_query()` and `xmlquery()`
+* aggregation functions like `json_agg()`, `json_object_agg()` and `xmlagg()`
+* manipulation functions like `json_set()`, `json_mergepatch()`
+* any many more
+
+> The functions are incubating/tech-preview - to use them in HQL it is necessary to enable the `hibernate.query.hql.json_functions_enabled` and `hibernate.query.hql.xml_functions_enabled` configuration settings.
+
+
+### <a name="set-returning-functions"></a> Set-returning Functions
+
+A set-returning function is a new type of function that can return rows and is exclusive to the `from` clause.
+The concept is known in many different database SQL dialects and is sometimes referred to as table valued function or table function.
+
+Custom set-returning functions can be registered via a `FunctionContributor`.
+Out-of-the-box, some common set-returning functions are already supported or emulated
+
+* `unnest()` - allows to turn an array into rows
+* `generate_series()` - can be used to create a series of values as rows
+* `json_table()` - turns a JSON document into rows
+* `xmltable()` - turns an XML document into rows
+
+### <a name="any-discriminator"></a> @AnyDiscriminatorImplicitValues
+
+The new  `@AnyDiscriminatorImplicitValues` offers 2 related improvements for the mapping of discriminator values
+for `@Any` and `ManyToAny` associations.
+
+First, it allows control over how Hibernate determines the discriminator value to store in the database for
+implicit discriminator mappings.  Historically, Hibernate would always use the full name of the associated
+entity.
+
+Second, it allows mixing of explicit and implicit value strategies.
+
+See the [Migration Guide](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/7.0/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html#associations-any) for details.
+
+### <a name=cleanup"></a> Clean-up
+
+A lot of deprecated contracts and behavior has been removed.
+See the [Migration Guide](https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/7.0/migration-guide/migration-guide.html#cleanup) for details.
+