From e913b2a019895a8f2644bb2a79011ff4271b4be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Javier Sagredo <jasataco@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:33:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog for `default-constraints`

---
 changelog.d/default-constraints | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/default-constraints

diff --git a/changelog.d/default-constraints b/changelog.d/default-constraints
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..515cbadb485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/default-constraints
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+synopsis: Implement `default-constraints` field
+packages: Cabal-syntax
+prs: #9462
+
+description: {
+
+The new `default-constraints` stanza can be used to default versions that are
+ommitted in the build-depends fields. This could be done previously by means of
+common stanzas but it was too verbose and obscure (dependencies came sometimes
+from stanzas).
+
+}