[Bug 253338] Announcement e-mail missing the most important thing: link to in-progress release notes

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            Bug ID: 253338
           Summary: Announcement e-mail missing the most important thing:
                    link to in-progress release notes
           Product: Base System
           Version: 13.0-STABLE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: misc
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: cedric at precidata.com

I'm finally opening a bug because this annoyed me (and I'm sure a lot of
people) for a long time.

FreeBSD releases announcements like this one:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2021-February/093047.html

Gets re-posted at a lot of places, like for example here:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeBSD-13.0-BETA1

These announcements are very long and verbose, with lines and lines of hashes,
but lack the most important part: a link to the release notes.

The message does says:

> Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be
> updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.0-RELEASE cycle progresses.

But please indicate where the damn "release notes page" is!

I've used FreeBSD for over 20 years and I find these announcements frustrating.

I think right after "The first BETA build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is
now available.", a new line:

"Work in progress release notes are available here: https://xxxxx"

Should be added.

Thanks you for your work.

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