Rework docs for flutter/packages changelogs#187666
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Updating CHANGELOGs correctly is one of the most common issues for new contributors in flutter/packages. The way the docs were written highlights using the `NEXT` section for version-exempt changes first, because it's unusual and specific to our repo, but given how common it is for new contributors to use it when they shouldn't, it seems like this structure is likely confusing for the people who most need the docs. This reworks the whole section to discuss the common case first, then the uncommon case (now explicitly highlighted as uncommon) second. The new structure is a little longer, but should hopefully be more clear, which seems like a tradeoff worth trying given the frequency of issues. Also includes some minor fixes I noticed while I was in the file, and addition of references to the new flutter/core-packages.
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This pull request updates the contribution documentation in docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md to include flutter/core-packages, clarify CHANGELOG update procedures for versioned and version-exempt changes, and refine external dependency definitions. A review comment points out that updating the minimum SDK version is not a version-exempt change and suggests removing it from the examples.
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Roll Flutter from b7cb925419e6 to 5827d5fd2b8d (35 revisions) flutter/flutter@b7cb925...5827d5f 2026-06-15 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from 7128af60575a to c8d9f80f13e4 (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#188015) 2026-06-15 jason-simmons@users.noreply.github.com In the APNG decoder, validate the chunk data length before calling GetChunkSize to avoid potential overflow in the chunk size calculation (flutter/flutter#187949) 2026-06-15 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from 6b4ac3bfb39d to 7128af60575a (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#188011) 2026-06-15 engine-flutter-autoroll@skia.org Roll Skia from 0a3b8549cbf0 to 6b4ac3bfb39d (7 revisions) (flutter/flutter#188007) 2026-06-15 98614782+auto-submit[bot]@users.noreply.github.com Reverts "[a11y] Map some framework semantics roles to android classes. 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Updating CHANGELOGs correctly is one of the most common issues for new contributors in flutter/packages. The way the docs were written highlights using the `NEXT` section for version-exempt changes first, because it's unusual and specific to our repo, but given how common it is for new contributors to use it when they shouldn't, it seems like this structure is likely confusing for the people who most need the docs. This reworks the whole section to discuss the common case first, then the uncommon case (now explicitly highlighted as uncommon) second. The new structure is a little longer, but should hopefully be more clear, which seems like a tradeoff worth trying given the frequency of issues. Also includes some minor fixes I noticed while I was in the file (grammar, inconsistent backticks for file names), and addition of references to the new flutter/core-packages.
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Updating CHANGELOGs correctly is one of the most common issues for new contributors in flutter/packages. The way the docs were written highlights using the
NEXTsection for version-exempt changes first, because it's unusual and specific to our repo, but given how common it is for new contributors to use it when they shouldn't, it seems like this structure is likely confusing for the people who most need the docs.This reworks the whole section to discuss the common case first, then the uncommon case (now explicitly highlighted as uncommon) second. The new structure is a little longer, but should hopefully be more clear, which seems like a tradeoff worth trying given the frequency of issues.
Also includes some minor fixes I noticed while I was in the file (grammar, inconsistent backticks for file names), and addition of references to the new flutter/core-packages.