Please automatically include .net sdk version bumps in the VS release notes

[AdmiralSnyder]

Yesterday, a new VS 2022 version was released and also .net 9.0.10 (and sdk 9.0.306), but the .net update appeared on dot.net (some time) later, so it wasn't obvious that the VS bump also came with an SDK bump

I already created an issue (don't remember if on github or devcom, and with which account, can't find it, sadly) a couple months ago asking for the inclusion of .net sdk bumps in the VS release notes, and in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes?tabs=allfeatures#17.14.14
that was noted.

And i was happy.

BUT apparently, this didn't get into the regular process for creating VS release notes.

Describe the solution you'd like

Please, please modify that VS release notes process to do that (ideally, automatically :-) ) both, for VS2022 and VS2026

Additional context

i am responsible for bumping our global.json (and Directory.Packages.props) to the next sdk version when VS updates (since everyone is supposed to keep their VS udpated) - i'm usually doing that in the evening at days with new VS updates, because else it breaks our team and builds for a couple hours.

[marcpopMSFT]

If you want VS to include that information in release notes, you can file a DevCom ticket so it can be routed to the right team. https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/home

May I ask why you aren't using rollforward capability of global.json? It's highly unusual to pin to an exact version that would require updating with every monthly release. FWIW, you can assume that every patch Tuesday release of VS that has a supported SDK will include an SDK update. The last time we skipped a release was last December and we still did a .NET SDK release. We do occasionally have .NET SDK hotfixes though those typically don't release in VS.

We also include the VS version on the .NET release page: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/9.0 and in the releases.json under the vs-version node: https://builds.dotnet.microsoft.com/dotnet/release-metadata/9.0/releases.json So you could use these sources to query and update.

[AdmiralSnyder]

May I ask why you aren't using rollforward capability of global.json?
mainly because we want to bump the nuget packages when bumping the sdk version, lest we forget... and that means that we need to roll out newer hosting packages to our customer's installation when deploying the next build which is a manual step that sometimes cannot be happening immediately, so we sometimes need to refrain from bumping.

[AdmiralSnyder]

@BillWagner maybe you can have a think about this, since it is documentation, right?
anyway, here's the link to the devcom ticket i created
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Please-add-net-sdk-version-bumps-in-VS/10990976?port=1025&fsid=6c125026-a5bb-4dd2-bb90-38acd4962f38
(please upvote)