CHANGES: rename to CHANGES.md, no longer generated

- scripts/log2changes.pl was not included in release tarballs, which broke
  reproducible builds

- since log2changes uses git to generate the contents, it makes it difficult
  to generate the same contents later (it would need to be fixed)

- the CHANGES file has outlived its purpose. the main changes are in the
  RELEASE-NOTES, the rest are better tracked directly using git or on GitHub

- put a fixed CHANGES.md in there instead pointing out where the info lives
  now

Closes curl#14331

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ documentation:
   - all:
       - changed-files:
           - any-glob-to-all-files:
-              - '{.github/workflows/badwords.yml,.github/workflows/man-examples.yml,.github/workflows/synopsis.yml,.github/scripts/badwords.*,.github/scripts/cd2cd,.github/scripts/cd2nroff,.github/scripts/cdall.pl,.github/scripts/nroff2cd,.github/scripts/verify-examples.pl,.github/scripts/verify-synopsis.pl,**/*.md,**/*.txt,**/*.1,CHANGES,docs/**,LICENSES/**,README,RELEASE-NOTES,scripts/cd*}'
+              - '{.github/workflows/badwords.yml,.github/workflows/man-examples.yml,.github/workflows/synopsis.yml,.github/scripts/badwords.*,.github/scripts/cd2cd,.github/scripts/cd2nroff,.github/scripts/cdall.pl,.github/scripts/nroff2cd,.github/scripts/verify-examples.pl,.github/scripts/verify-synopsis.pl,**/*.md,**/*.txt,**/*.1,CHANGES.md,docs/**,LICENSES/**,README,RELEASE-NOTES,scripts/cd*}'
           - all-globs-to-all-files:
               # negative matches
               - '!**/CMakeLists.txt'

.gitignore

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 /builds/
 /stats/
 __pycache__
-CHANGES.dist
 Debug
 INSTALL
 Makefile

CHANGES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+-->
+
+In a release tarball, check the RELEASES-NOTES file for what was done in the
+most recent release. In a git check-out, that file mentions changes that have
+been done since the previous release.
+
+See the online [changelog](https://curl.se/changes.html) for the edited and
+human readable version of what has changed in different curl releases.

Makefile.am

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ PLAN9_DIST = plan9/include/mkfile \
  plan9/src/mkfile.inc             \
  plan9/src/mkfile
 
-EXTRA_DIST = CHANGES COPYING maketgz Makefile.dist curl-config.in       \
+EXTRA_DIST = CHANGES.md COPYING maketgz Makefile.dist curl-config.in       \
  RELEASE-NOTES buildconf libcurl.pc.in $(CMAKE_DIST) $(VC_DIST)         \
  $(WINBUILD_DIST) $(PLAN9_DIST) lib/libcurl.vers.in buildconf.bat       \
  libcurl.def Dockerfile

REUSE.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ SPDX-PackageDownloadLocation = "https://curl.se/"
 [[annotations]]
 path = [
   ".mailmap",
-  "CHANGES",
   "docs/FAQ",
   "docs/INSTALL",
   "docs/KNOWN_BUGS",

maketgz

@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ else
   automake --include-deps Makefile >/dev/null
 fi
 
-echo "produce CHANGES"
-git log --pretty=fuller --no-color --date=short --decorate=full -1000 | ./scripts/log2changes.pl > CHANGES.dist
-
 echo "produce RELEASE-TOOLS.md"
 ./scripts/release-tools.sh "$timestamp" "$version" > docs/RELEASE-TOOLS.md.dist
 

packages/OS400/makefile.sh

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fi
 #       Copy some documentation files if needed.
 
 for TEXT in "${TOPDIR}/COPYING" "${SCRIPTDIR}/README.OS400"             \
-    "${TOPDIR}/CHANGES" "${TOPDIR}/docs/THANKS" "${TOPDIR}/docs/FAQ"    \
+    "${TOPDIR}/CHANGES.md" "${TOPDIR}/docs/THANKS" "${TOPDIR}/docs/FAQ"    \
     "${TOPDIR}/docs/FEATURES" "${TOPDIR}/docs/SSLCERTS.md"              \
     "${TOPDIR}/docs/RESOURCES" "${TOPDIR}/docs/VERSIONS.md"             \
     "${TOPDIR}/docs/HISTORY.md"