GNU bug report logs - #26053
No release notice in 25.2 rc2 ChangeLog

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Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 22:22:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 26053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 26053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jwiegley <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#26053: No release notice in 25.2 rc2 ChangeLog
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:11:17 +0300

> From: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
> Cc: 26053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:14:01 +0200
> 
> I'm preparing the release, and I noticed that the ChangeLog file only
> contains one entry with the following:
> 
>   2017-04-14  Nicolas Petton  <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
>   
>   	* Version 25.2 released.
> 
> Then it directly refers to ChangeLog.2:
> 
>   See ChangeLog.2 for earlier changes.
> 
> Which is rather odd, so I looked at the 25.1 release, and it has the
> same almost empty ChangeLog file.

In 25.1, the file ChangeLog is almost empty, but the entry about 25.1
release is in ChangeLog.2.

> My question is, was it intended to have the ChangeLog file with only one
> entry (for the release)?

Not sure, but how does that ChangeLog file get created?  Which command
or Makefile rules cause its creation?
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