Bump towncrier from 24.8.0 to 25.8.0

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Bumps towncrier from 24.8.0 to 25.8.0.

Release notes

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Towncrier 25.8.0

towncrier 25.8.0 (2025-08-30)

Features

• Support was added for Mercurial SCM. ([#394](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/394) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/394>_)
• The towncrier check command now has a --staged flag to inspect the files staged for commit when checking for a news fragment: useful in a pre-commit hook ([#676](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/676) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/676>_)
• When used with an pyproject.toml file, when no explicit values are defined for [tool.towncrier.name|package] they will now fallback to the value of [project.name]. ([#687](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/687) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/687>_)
• More simple configuration for Keep a Changelog style changelogs ([#691](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/691) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/691>_)
• Added support for Python 3.13 and removed support for Python 3.8. ([#700](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700>_)

Bugfixes

• Multi-line newsfragments that ends with a code block will now have a newline inserted before appending the link to the issue, to avoid breaking formatting. ([#614](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/614) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/614>_)
• Markdown header level is correctly inferred from title_format. ([#695](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/695) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/695>_)

Improved Documentation

• The documentation RST source files are now included in the sdist package. ([#672](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/672) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/672>_)
• Refactor the default markdown template to make it easier to understand, extend, and customize. ([#706](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/706) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/706>_)

Deprecations and Removals

• When no sections are present, the default Markdown template now renders the category headers as H2. In previous versions it was rendered as H3. ([#663](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/663) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/663>_)

Misc

• [#667](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/667) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/667>, [#669](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/669) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/669>, [#679](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/679) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/679>, [#680](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/680) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/680>, [#682](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/682) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/682>, [#701](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/701) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/701>, [#702](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/702) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/702>, [#713](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/713) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/713>

Towncrier 25.8.0rc2

towncrier 25.8.0rc2 (2025-08-15)

Features

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Changelog

Sourced from towncrier's changelog.

towncrier 25.8.0 (2025-08-30)

No significant changes since the previous release candidate.

Features

• Support was added for Mercurial SCM. ([#394](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/394) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/394>_)
• The :command:towncrier check command now has a --staged flag to inspect the files staged for commit when checking for a news fragment: useful in a pre-commit hook ([#676](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/676) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/676>_)
• When used with an :file:pyproject.toml file, when no explicit values are defined for [tool.towncrier.name|package] they will now fallback to the value of [project.name]. ([#687](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/687) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/687>_)
• The directory configuration option is no longer required. It can now be generated based on value from the name configuration. ([#691](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/691) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/691>_)
• Added support for Python 3.13 and removed support for Python 3.8. ([#700](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700>_)

Bugfixes

• Multi-line news fragments that end with a code block will now have a newline inserted before appending the link to the issue, to avoid breaking formatting. ([#614](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/614) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/614>_)
• Markdown header level is correctly inferred from title_format. ([#695](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/695) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/695>_)

Improved Documentation

• The documentation RST source files are now included in the sdist package. ([#672](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/672) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/672>_)
• Refactor the default markdown template to make it easier to understand, extend, and customize. ([#706](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/706) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/706>_)

Deprecations and Removals

• Support for Python 3.8 was removed. ([#700](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700>_)
• When no sections are present, the default Markdown template now renders the category headers as H2. In previous versions it was rendered as H3. ([#663](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/663) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/663>_)

Misc

• [#667](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/667) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/667>, [#669](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/669) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/669>, [#679](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/679) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/679>, [#680](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/680) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/680>, [#682](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/682) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/682>, [#701](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/701) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/701>, [#702](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/702) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/702>, [#713](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/713) <https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/713>

Commits

• 762c8f2 Prepare final version.
• fb2c842 Update NEWS.rst
• aae1d33 Apply suggestions from code review
• cb696b2 [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
• 10bbd8e Fix version string.
• 5f4639a Merge origin.
• 234ebc5 Fix version.
• 8547ca9 Update releae candidate.
• 5347588 [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
• e5853c5 Update releae candidate.
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