Further group the changelog in subcategories using PR name prefixes or labels. #30538
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What problem does this address?
Currently, the automatically generated changelog groups merged PRs depending on some of their labels (bug, enhancement, etc.), grouping unmatched PRs under a "Various" category that needs to be manually worked on when making a release. Moreover, in the final changelog, there is a second grouping level by functionality (Block Library, Global Styles, Customizer, etc.) under each main category, done manually, with the added difficulty that merged PRs sometimes don't have consistent enough naming to do so.
What is your proposed solution?
In preparation for the Gutenberg 10.4 RC, triage of the PRs that will ship with this release is underway, prefixing each of them with the corresponding subcategory (Block Library, Global Styles, etc.). This will allow the release manager to more easily group PRs. Ideally, the final changelog could take into account these new prefixes or other labels used. However, there are some hindrances:
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