Re: Structured Changelogs for ELPA packages

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  > Mandating a format is a perfectly good solution, but the disadvantage is
  > that formats have to be standardized.  Everyone has to conform.

We have adopted many standard formats, and teach developers to use them.
That method works and doesn't raise a moral question.

  > to change what they are doing, yet still transform or process it in a
  > structured manner, then an LLM is the appropriate solution to that
  > problem.

A _free/libre_ LLM, one that our community can maintain and we can run,
could be a usable solution, but that may not exist at all.
I suspect that the closest thing to it is an "open weight" LLM.
("Open" is a weaker standard than "free".)

By all means let's investigate the factual situation -- but until we
identify an LLM which is morally acceptable as well as practically
capable, we can't assume such a solution is possible.

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