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Closes #2449

Feature PRs no longer add entries under docs/source/changelog/ or to CHANGELOG.md; the maintainer writes them centrally. CONTRIBUTING.md says so, and this PR also rewords the template's changelog box to match (not deferred). util/update_python_versions.py and its test follow the new box wording. No runtime code or release content changed.

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NEEDS CHANGES (Sonnet, 30953ed00). CONTRIBUTING.md change is correct and contained; no code, release content or counts changed.

• .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md still tells contributors to add an entry and regenerate CHANGELOG.md, and links to the section this PR rewrites. Reword it in this PR, with util/update_python_versions.py (~L1301) and tests/project/test_python_versions_update_1660.py (~L879), which pin the current wording.
• If the template is instead deferred, the body must say so and Closes #2449 becomes Refs #2449.
• Non-blocking: "Feature pull requests" (L61) is narrower than L28; "Open" (L61) is undefined; L28 is 125 columns.

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NEEDS CHANGES (Sonnet, 4f2af68ee). Regex and pinned test verified; no code changed.

• CONTRIBUTING.md ~L69 is 102 columns. Break before "the" so line 70 starts "the .rst entry, then regenerates:".
• PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md ~L10: "described … above" should say "below" (the description is below the checklist); update test_python_versions_update_1660.py ~L879 to match.
• Non-blocking: "Feature branches" (CONTRIBUTING ~L64), "docs-only" in the body (the diff touches util/ and tests/), "open versions" in the title.

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Coverage: 93.94% (unit tier, Python 3.15, db01d1b2f, Unit Tests run success)

Package	Statements	Missed	Branches	Partial	Cover
pcapkit (top level)	104	4	20	2	95.16%
pcapkit/const	20087	144	2710	125	98.78%
pcapkit/corekit	2605	74	818	37	96.52%
pcapkit/dumpkit	281	3	100	3	98.43%
pcapkit/foundation	3194	27	1112	31	98.65%
pcapkit/interface	138	4	52	3	96.32%
pcapkit/protocols	19906	213	5236	207	98.32%
pcapkit/toolkit	924	36	334	10	95.55%
pcapkit/utilities	502	7	144	5	98.14%
pcapkit/vendor	5009	2222	1148	182	52.31%

Per-file detail: the coverage-html artifact of this run.

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Local-only commit 30953ed forks from 4ca3f30 and is redundant with origin a9db8a4 (rebase onto origin is empty). Nothing to push. Local commit to be dropped.

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Add to convention and session/sweep memo: upon each release, amend inline or post updates in thread to the PEP's Discussion post. PEP doc is source of truth but aim to keep the Discussion also up-to-date.

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Ruling reconciled: upon each release, amend pep.rst inline and update Discussion #106 ("PyPCAPKit Enhancement Proposals") to match -- the page stays authoritative. Documented in process.rst (20f39eb73) and in the sweep memo.

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Owner ruling (2026-11-01), paraphrased: changelog entries are consolidated in this PR and stripped from the open feature PRs, so they stop conflicting. The ruling named #2383, which is a merged HIP fix, so I've taken it to mean this PR (it implements #2449's practice). Say so if that's wrong.

In flight on this branch: merge current main, add #2509's Radiotap entry, and reconcile the 1.6.0 entries this merge wave left stale. When that is pushed, the label resets to review: pending and a fresh review runs.

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Pushed db01d1b2f, a fast-forward over a9db8a4c7 that merges main 94185da93 and adds one commit. That commit rewrites 1.6.0.rst from what actually merged, and regenerates CHANGELOG.md (util/changelog_md.py --check passes):

• Radiotap's entry is added from feat(link): add a radiotap dissector for IEEE80211_RADIOTAP on LinuxSLL #2509, with its stale cross-references fixed.
• The stale lines in the FRAD, NETLINK and GRE entries are dropped.
• Entries are added for each merged 1.6.0 change: LinuxSLL1/2 with ARPHRD, ICMP, IGMP, TLS/DTLS, SSLv2, DTLS reassembly and IP_Pseudo.

Merge this after #2509, since the Radiotap entry describes a class only #2509 adds. The IGMP bullet still needs #2518's id() change, which landed after this commit, so that follow-up goes on this branch next. The label is now review: running; the Sonnet review is in flight.

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Cross-review (Sonnet) at db01d1b2f: GOOD TO GO. Every claim was re-derived and nothing is out of scope. util/changelog_md.py --check and a full sphinx-build -n both pass; the only new warning is Radiotap's class, which exists only on #2509. Merge this after #2509, because its LinuxSLL and Radiotap bullets describe #2509's code.

To be folded in as a follow-up commit: the IGMP bullet gains #2518's id() change, and the HTTP id() ruling (#2524) joins it. It also gets three wording fixes:

• the v1/v2 split of an 8-octet Query is by Max Resp Time;
• the ARPHRD enum names only the values its crawler lists;
• the IPv6 extension-header-walk bullet notes that IPv6_Ext.error and read(error=) are no longer filled.

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The follow-up fold is done locally (4b93dc819; its review is GOOD TO GO). It is held for the queue, and it is pushed below 40. Decision: process.rst's #918 grouping (a section per top-level module, with the kinds nested) is not followed by 1.6.0.rst, which is a flat list with inline Added/Changed labels. Options: (a) restructure on this PR now; (b) restructure in one pass at the 1.6.0 release cut, on the last shared changelog PR, as 1.5.0 was done; (c) record that unreleased entries may stay flat. Recommendation: (b). This PR merges mid-cycle, after #2509, so restructuring now would conflict with every later entry.

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(b)

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Owner chose (b). 1.6.0.rst stays a flat list for now, and it is restructured into #918's per-module sections in one pass at the 1.6.0 release cut, on the last shared changelog PR, as 1.5.0 was. Nothing changes on this PR for it.

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Fold at 4b93dc819 (it merges main and adds one commit), cross-reviewed (Sonnet): GOOD TO GO. The IGMP bullet now carries #2518's id() change, ('IGMP', 'IGMPv2', 'IGMPv3') with each member's own name, plus the review's wording. Entries for #2540, #2537, the IGMP and HTTP renames and the conventions changes follow as those PRs land.