Please generate the ChangeLog file also for snapshots

[Russ Allbery]

Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> writes:
> On 11/06/2020 07:06, Russ Allbery wrote:

>> Does anyone use the ChangeLog file?  Maybe we should just stop
>> generating one.  We ship NEWS, which is what most people care about,
>> and the source repository is public and easily browsable if anyone
>> wants the detailed list of changes.

> First thing I look for is Changelog file, i stopped reading projects
> (not many left that bother with) NEWS files because they were not as
> detailed if updated at all.

> Perhaps NEWS is what needs deprecating. 

Do you find that true of INN's NEWS file?  My feeling is that it's rather
detailed, and I can't imagine what value you would get out of the
ChangeLog that isn't in NEWS.  (I personally have never read the ChangeLog
file except to verify that the generation of it worked properly.)

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