Merge pull request #1646 from plone/clarify-volto-news-items

Clarify where to place Volto news items

Author: stevepiercy

docs/contributing/index.md

@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ When a package is released with a new version, the release manager runs `towncri
 Because the log file is automatically generated, you should not edit it directly, except to make corrections, such as broken links.
 
 To create a change log entry or news item, create a file in the `news` directory, located in the root of the package.
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 For Volto, its repository is in a monorepo structure, consisting of several packages in the `packages` folder.
 Thus for Volto and its packages, change log entries should be created in `packages/PACKAGE_NAME/news/`, which is the root of the package.
+When making a change to its documentation, set up, continuous integration, or other repository-wide items, place a change log entry in `packages/volto/news/` as a default.
 
 The change log entry's format must be `###.type`, where `###` is the referenced GitHub issue or pull request number, `.` is the literal extension delimiter, and `type` is one of the following strings.