* Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> [090531 01:55]:
> A VCS log dump is rarely useful as a changelog. The VCS log is
> *developer-focussed, describing every commit to the VCS. The changelog
> is *user*-focussed, and should describe every user-visible change since
> the previous release.

That depends on what you call a changelog. Usually (GNU coding standards
and in many other free software) ChangeLog is focused on someone working on
the source, while a NEWS files is there for all users.

Hochachtungsvoll,
        Bernhard R. Link


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