CHANGES file

[Ed Maste]

On 11 March 2016 at 12:37, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery at freebsd.org> wrote:
> In ports we have an UPDATING file that is targeted at users and a
> CHANGES file that is targeted at developers regarding API changes.
>
> I would like to introduce a CHANGES file as it makes it simpler for
> developers to see what has changed without reading through all commit
> logs.  This is of great benefit for module writers and vendors who may
> even have customized some of the code in the tree.

Seems like a good idea to me.

I worry that it will be forgotten on a number of changes, but that's
no worse than today and can be remedied after the fact when a missing
entry is noticed.