add link to release notes on first page of manual (#25476)

* add link to release notes on first page of manual

* Update make.jl

* change wording

doc/.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ deps/
 _build/
 UnicodeData.txt
 src/stdlib/
+src/NEWS.md
 

doc/make.jl

@@ -38,8 +38,16 @@ for dir in readdir(STDLIB_DIR)
     end
 end
 
+# Generate a suitable markdown file from NEWS.md and put it in src
+str = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "NEWS.md"), String)
+splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
+@assert length(splitted) == 2
+replaced_links = replace(splitted[1], r"\[\#([0-9]*?)\]" => s"[#\g<1>](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/\g<1>)")
+write(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "NEWS.md"), replaced_links)
+
 const PAGES = [
     "Home" => "index.md",
+    hide("NEWS.md"),
     "Manual" => [
         "manual/introduction.md",
         "manual/getting-started.md",

doc/src/index.md

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Julia Documentation
+# Julia 0.7 Documentation
+
+Welcome to the documentation for Julia 0.7.
+
+Please read the [release notes](NEWS.md) to see what has changed since the last release.
 
 * [Manual](#Manual-1)
 * [Base](#Base-1)