Dev newsfragments will show up in release notes but under its own section (off to the side).

Setting showcontent for dev to true; nothing wrong with empty dev fragments - this allows the option for a dev to add text if deemed necessary, as opposed to being overly strict about it.

newsfragments/README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ should be named `<PR_NUMBER>.<TYPE>.rst`, where `<TYPE>` is one of:
 * `doc` - documentation
 * `removal` - deprecations and removals
 * `misc` - other
+* `dev` - internal development tasks
 
 For example: `123.feature.rst`, `456.bugfix.rst`, `789.doc.rst`.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 
     [[tool.towncrier.type]]
         directory = "dev"
-        name = "Internal development tasks"
-        showcontent = false  # don't include development changes in release notes
+        name = "Internal Development Tasks"
+        showcontent = true