On 16:27 Mon 19 Sep     , Fabian Groffen wrote:
> [quote from [1]]
>    - Vote: Retroactively change existing entries, yes or no.
>      - We will append to changelogs and retain all existing changelog 
>        messages.
> [/quote from [1]]
> 
> An additional advantage of keeping the file is that we can easily fix 
> all entries that people wrote/committed ugly and helpless messages 
> for, like "^" and so on.

After autogenerated ChangeLogs have existed for long enough that hardly 
anyone will need to see handwritten messages anymore (since they'll be 
old and stale, I fully intend to switch my vote to supporting complete 
autogen.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Council Member / Sr. Developer
Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.com