Re: Structured Changelogs for ELPA packages

Richard Stallman <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:23:40 -0400
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  > I know this will be controversial, but if we want to maintain that
  > changelogs are for humans and not machines, the solution is to use an
  > LLM to produce a standardized changelog from the freeform changelog.

If we can recommend a free LLM to do it with, we could consider this
option.  However, to recommend a nonfree LLM (or SaaSS LLM) would
conflict with the basic principles of the free software movement and
GNU, so it would be out of the question.

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