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Run 'make change-history' on release branch

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Message #63 received at 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 01:51:17 -0500

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  > At this point, I give up, since it seems fairly clear that maintaining
  > an accurate ChangeLog just isn't of interest. Even the bare minimum
  > legally relevant mistakes (missing "tiny change") don't seem to be being
  > corrected.

In concrete terms, what is the problem with these mistakes?

Where is the master record of this information now?
Is it being maintained correctly there?

	       Probably just deleting it from the repo would be more honest.

What exactly are you proposing as the new practice
for handling ChangeLog files?

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