Prepare the 2.14.0a0 release. (#16608)

* Prepare the 2.14.0a0 release.

[ci skip-rust]

* Add new change, bump date.

# Rust tests and lints will be skipped. Delete if not intended.
[ci skip-rust]

.mailmap

@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ Greg Shuflin <greg.shuflin@toolchain.com>
 Rhys Madigan <rhysmadigan@gmail.com>
 Suresh Joshi <sureshj@gmail.com>
 Suresh Joshi <suresh@vicarasolutions.com>
+Shantanu Kumar <ShantanuKumar@users.noreply.github.com>

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + Guy Marom
 + Harley Cooper
 + Henry Fuller
++ Huon Wilson
 + Hwasung Lee
 + Ian Tabolt
 + Igor Morozov
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + SergeKireev
 + Sergey Serebryakov
 + Shane Delmore
++ Shantanu Kumar
 + Shuo Li
 + Simeon Franklin
 + Srikanth Kotagiri

src/python/pants/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.14.0.dev6
+2.14.0a0

src/python/pants/notes/2.14.x.md

@@ -1,5 +1,67 @@
 # 2.14.x Release Series
 
+## 2.14.0a0 (Aug 23, 2022)
+
+### New Features
+
+* Add Plugin hook for adding custom additional Docker image tags. ([#16077](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16077))
+
+* Add new fmt plugins for build file formatting ([#16560](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16560))
+
+* Add buildifier as a BUILD file formatter ([#16573](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16573))
+
+* go: add support for test coverage ([#16550](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16550))
+
+* Disable 80 col hard wrapping in mypy output ([#16488](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16488))
+
+* Allow for automatic use of `pytest-xdist` ([#16499](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16499))
+
+* Add `[pyoxidizer].lockfile` ([#16537](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16537))
+
+* Add `[flake8].extra_files` to allow configuring plugins like Bandit ([#16470](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16470))
+
+* Support 3rd party Helm artifacts in Helm deployments ([#16478](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16478))
+
+### User API Changes
+
+* Mark `[python].requirement_constraints` as deprecated (but not planned for removal) ([#16606](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16606))
+
+* Add `[python-repos].find_links` as preferred alias for `[python-repos].repos` ([#16582](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16582))
+
+* Fix that running on a BUILD file expands to all of its targets ([#16546](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16546))
+
+* Deprecate `[python].only_binary` and `[python].no_binary` in favor of more powerful `[python].resolves_to_only_binary` and `[python].resolves_to_no_binary` ([#16513](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16513))
+
+### Plugin API Changes
+
+* Rename `FmtRequest` to `FmtTargetsRequest` (plus some `fix` refactoring) ([#16535](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16535))
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Auto-detect Helm chart source roots ([#16531](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16531))
+
+* Have `run` run `__main__.py` for non-zipapp PEXs ([#16568](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16568))
+
+* Record `RemoteStoreBlobBytesUploaded` for all upload strategies, rather than only for large blobs. ([#16545](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16545))
+
+* Prevent running N^2 publish processes during deploy goal ([#16516](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16516))
+
+* Track Python indexes, find-links, and manylinux in lockfile headers ([#16525](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16525))
+
+### Performance
+
+* Fix performance for generating lockfiles for `pytest` and `setuptools` ([#16591](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16591))
+
+* Improve performance of `Owners` rule ([#16563](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16563))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* More succint phrasing and better formatting for cli help. ([#16549](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16549))
+
+* Document `[python].resolves_to_constraints_file` and `[python].resolves_to_no_binary` ([#16548](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16548))
+
+* Fix broken link to community page ([#16468](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/16468))
+
 ## 2.14.0.dev6 (Aug 13, 2022)
 
 ### New Features