From 4c02af283514eae68a5b15e519794b391f08edc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jaimergp <jaimergp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:30:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add news to warn about upcoming default change

---
 news/4890-package-format-cli-options    | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 news/5534-warn-default-conda-pkg-format | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 news/5534-warn-default-conda-pkg-format

diff --git a/news/4890-package-format-cli-options b/news/4890-package-format-cli-options
index 3d9989f73f..3bfff08744 100644
--- a/news/4890-package-format-cli-options
+++ b/news/4890-package-format-cli-options
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 ### Enhancements
 
 * `--package-format` introduced as command line argument. (#4890 via #5209)
-  * This takes precedence over default value and .condarc
-  * Normalization occurs so 1,tar.bz2,.tar.bz2,2,conda,.conda are all recognized and mapped appropriately
-  * Other options are rejected
+  * This takes precedence over default value and `condarc`.
+  * Normalization occurs so `1`, `"1"`, `tar.bz2`,`.tar.bz2`, `2`, `"2"`, `conda`, `.conda` are all recognized and mapped appropriately.
+  * Other options are rejected.
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/news/5534-warn-default-conda-pkg-format b/news/5534-warn-default-conda-pkg-format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e60dbefc3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5534-warn-default-conda-pkg-format
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* The default value for `--package-format` and `conda_pkg_format` will become `.conda` in 25.1. (#5534)
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>