Bumps [towncrier](https://github.com/twisted/towncrier) from 23.11.0 to
25.8.0.
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<summary>Release notes</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/releases">towncrier's
releases</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h2>Towncrier 25.8.0</h2>
<h1>towncrier 25.8.0 (2025-08-30)</h1>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Support was added for Mercurial SCM.
(<code>[#394](twisted/towncrier#394)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/394&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>The <code>towncrier check</code> command now has a
<code>--staged</code> flag to inspect the files staged for commit when
checking for a news fragment: useful in a pre-commit hook
(<code>[#676](twisted/towncrier#676)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/676&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>When used with an <code>pyproject.toml</code> file, when no explicit
values are
defined for [tool.towncrier.name|package] they will now fallback to
the value of [project.name].
(<code>[#687](twisted/towncrier#687)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/687&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>More simple configuration for Keep a Changelog style changelogs
(<code>[#691](twisted/towncrier#691)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/691&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Added support for Python 3.13 and removed support for Python 3.8.
(<code>[#700](twisted/towncrier#700)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Bugfixes</h2>
<ul>
<li>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.
(<code>[#614](twisted/towncrier#614)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/614&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Markdown header level is correctly inferred from
<code>title_format</code>.
(<code>[#695](twisted/towncrier#695)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/695&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Improved Documentation</h2>
<ul>
<li>The documentation RST source files are now included in the sdist
package. (<code>[#672](twisted/towncrier#672)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/672&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Refactor the default markdown template to make it easier to
understand, extend, and customize.
(<code>[#706](twisted/towncrier#706)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/706&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Deprecations and Removals</h2>
<ul>
<li>When no sections are present,
the default Markdown template now renders the category headers as H2.
In previous versions it was rendered as H3.
(<code>[#663](twisted/towncrier#663)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/663&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Misc</h2>
<ul>
<li><code>[#667](twisted/towncrier#667)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/667&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#669](twisted/towncrier#669)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/669&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#679](twisted/towncrier#679)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/679&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#680](twisted/towncrier#680)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/680&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#682](twisted/towncrier#682)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/682&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#701](twisted/towncrier#701)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/701&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#702](twisted/towncrier#702)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/702&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#713](twisted/towncrier#713)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/713&gt;</code></em></li>
</ul>
<h2>Towncrier 25.8.0rc2</h2>
<h1>towncrier 25.8.0rc2 (2025-08-15)</h1>
<h2>Features</h2>
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<details>
<summary>Changelog</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/blob/trunk/NEWS.rst">towncrier's
changelog</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h1>towncrier 25.8.0 (2025-08-30)</h1>
<p>No significant changes since the previous release candidate.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Support was added for Mercurial SCM.
(<code>[#394](twisted/towncrier#394)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/394&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>The :command:<code>towncrier check</code> command now has a
<code>--staged</code> flag to inspect the files staged for commit when
checking for a news fragment: useful in a pre-commit hook
(<code>[#676](twisted/towncrier#676)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/676&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>When used with an :file:<code>pyproject.toml</code> file, when no
explicit values are
defined for <code>[tool.towncrier.name|package]</code> they will now
fallback to
the value of <code>[project.name]</code>.
(<code>[#687](twisted/towncrier#687)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/687&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>The <code>directory</code> configuration option is no longer
required.
It can now be generated based on value from the <code>name</code>
configuration.
(<code>[#691](twisted/towncrier#691)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/691&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Added support for Python 3.13 and removed support for Python 3.8.
(<code>[#700](twisted/towncrier#700)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Bugfixes</h2>
<ul>
<li>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.
(<code>[#614](twisted/towncrier#614)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/614&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Markdown header level is correctly inferred from
<code>title_format</code>.
(<code>[#695](twisted/towncrier#695)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/695&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Improved Documentation</h2>
<ul>
<li>The documentation RST source files are now included in the sdist
package. (<code>[#672](twisted/towncrier#672)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/672&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>Refactor the default markdown template to make it easier to
understand, extend, and customize.
(<code>[#706](twisted/towncrier#706)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/706&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Deprecations and Removals</h2>
<ul>
<li>Support for Python 3.8 was removed.
(<code>[#700](twisted/towncrier#700)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/700&gt;</code>_)</li>
<li>When no sections are present,
the default Markdown template now renders the category headers as H2.
In previous versions it was rendered as H3.
(<code>[#663](twisted/towncrier#663)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/663&gt;</code>_)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Misc</h2>
<ul>
<li><code>[#667](twisted/towncrier#667)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/667&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#669](twisted/towncrier#669)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/669&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#679](twisted/towncrier#679)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/679&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#680](twisted/towncrier#680)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/680&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#682](twisted/towncrier#682)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/682&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#701](twisted/towncrier#701)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/701&gt;</code></em>,
<code>[#702](twisted/towncrier#702)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/702&gt;</code><em>,
<code>[#713](twisted/towncrier#713)
&lt;https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/713&gt;</code></em></li>
</ul>
<p>Towncrier 24.8.0 (2024-08-23)</p>
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<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/762c8f28d625979812db33b9446c24bee701ba0b"><code>762c8f2</code></a>
Prepare final version.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/fb2c84213a578aaefc52f02d318b93a3679254bc"><code>fb2c842</code></a>
Update NEWS.rst</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/aae1d3307bda638ced5dc9da2a0ef09d02962902"><code>aae1d33</code></a>
Apply suggestions from code review</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/cb696b2237e0840b171eb872ce7f5608295f9b80"><code>cb696b2</code></a>
[pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/10bbd8e5e8443bf1f0abe20fe07839302cef747f"><code>10bbd8e</code></a>
Fix version string.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/5f4639a55ba0a68da0146b000e0772bb9947a2cf"><code>5f4639a</code></a>
Merge origin.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/234ebc5dbc43f7f8539c053135cec6a5773449f3"><code>234ebc5</code></a>
Fix version.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/8547ca9a201be62f64c577d032b18aca6409e6b6"><code>8547ca9</code></a>
Update releae candidate.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/5347588877a5447d0ef01dd2093e445d74e8a583"><code>5347588</code></a>
[pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/commit/e5853c5dd1ef69c05a66e9ac5f36f364725b458d"><code>e5853c5</code></a>
Update releae candidate.</li>
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