Automating the maintenance of the ChangeLog file

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On 21/11/18 7:43 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Specifically, I propose:  Effective immediately, project policy
> requires the Git commit message for each commit to end with the full
> text of a traditional ChangeLog entry for that commit.  Most everyone

FWIW, this was my original proposal with a few more tags (Reviewed-By, 
Signed-off-by, etc.) because it potentially has far less friction than 
dropping the ChangeLog completely.

In fact it remains a fallback plan for me if the review for the current 
proposed script takes too long.  I picked up 2.29 release management 
with the express intention of getting rid of the ChangeLog file, so I 
want to make sure that it happens in the next couple of months :)

Siddhesh