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Yeah, that's the GNU coding standard. Changelog is for developers and bug hunters to see changes to the source. Version control probably takes the place of that now. NEWS is for "user-visible changes worth mentioning".

https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Documentation.h...



Many people and projects now use NEWS that don't have anything to do with that particular coding standard.




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