update CHANGELOG in preparation for a new pre-release (v0.13.0a0)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 Below are the noteworthy changes from each release.
 A more detailed list of changes is available in the corresponding milestones for each release in the Github issue tracker (https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery/milestones?state=closed).
 
-##  Upcoming release: 0.13.0 (2024-Sep-??)
+##  Upcoming release: 0.13.0a0 (2024-Sep-13)
+### Noteworthy code-changes
+  - This release adopts a new naming scheme for checks. We had reports of users getting confused by the meaning of the reverse domain names included as prefixes of check-IDs, such as **com.google.fonts**. The real meaning was that the organization identified by such domain was the first contributor of a given check implementation. But some users were confused thinking that it mean the check belong to that organization's vendor-specific profile.
+  - Now profiles do not include that reverse domain prefix. And do not also have the `"/check/"` keywork anymore. As an example, **com.google.fonts/check/tabular_kerning** (on the Universal profile) is now simply called **tabular_kerning**
+  - Also, there's been a large number of checks migrated among profiles. Mosly towards the Universal one.
+  - The checks themselves also moved around in the code-repository, in an attempt to remove any resemblance of profile allocation within the **/Lib/fontbakery/checks/** directory, which should be seen as a general pool of check implementations. As much as possible, profile definition should happen inside **/Lib/fontbakery/profiles** instead.
+  - The exception to this are the checks that are surely vendor-specific. All those were placed in sub-directories inside **Lib/fontbakery/checks/**, such as **Lib/fontbakery/checks/vendorspecific/microsoft/**.
+  - As this is the **"a0" pre-release**, there may be additional migrations and renames of checks, before we make an actual **v0.13.0** release. Please open an issue if you have suggestions of better names or better profile allocations.
+
 ### Changes to existing checks
 #### On the Opentype profile
   - **[opentype/gdef_spacing_marks]:** Clarify log-message about glyphs that seem to be spacing. (issue #4824)

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 author = "The Font Bakery Authors"
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = "0.12"
+version = "0.13"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "0.12.10"
+release = "0.13.0a0"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def linkcode_resolve(domain, info):
     # as seen on this URL:
     # https://github.com/fonttools/fontbakery/tree/v0.7.2/Lib/fontbakery/profiles
 
-    tree = "v0.12.10"
+    tree = "v0.13.0a0"
     # It's not planned for us to get the line number :-(
     # I had to hammer this data into the info.
     if "lineno" in info: