Replace 'removal' by 'breaking' changelog category

As discussed, sometimes we will need to introduce changes
which are not necessarily removals but might break existing
suites

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ repos:
     -   id: changelogs-rst
         name: changelog filenames
         language: fail
-        entry: 'changelog files must be named ####.(feature|bugfix|doc|deprecation|removal|vendor|trivial).rst'
+        entry: 'changelog files must be named ####.(breaking|bugfix|deprecation|doc|feature|improvement|trivial|vendor).rst'
-        exclude: changelog/(\d+\.(feature|improvement|bugfix|doc|deprecation|removal|vendor|trivial).rst|README.rst|_template.rst)
+        exclude: changelog/(\d+\.(breaking|bugfix|deprecation|doc|feature|improvement|trivial|vendor).rst|README.rst|_template.rst)
         files: ^changelog/
     -   id: py-deprecated
         name: py library is deprecated

changelog/README.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Each file should be named like ``<ISSUE>.<TYPE>.rst``, where
 * ``bugfix``: fixes a reported bug.
 * ``doc``: documentation improvement, like rewording an entire session or adding missing docs.
 * ``deprecation``: feature deprecation.
-* ``removal``: feature removal.
+* ``breaking``: a change which may break existing suites, such as feature removal or behavior change.
 * ``vendor``: changes in packages vendored in pytest.
 * ``trivial``: fixing a small typo or internal change that might be noteworthy.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ title_format = "pytest {version} ({project_date})"
 template = "changelog/_template.rst"
 
   [[tool.towncrier.type]]
-  directory = "removal"
+  directory = "breaking"
-  name = "Removals"
+  name = "Breaking Changes"
   showcontent = true
 
   [[tool.towncrier.type]]