[Hackage] #244: Add Changelog summary feature to sdist

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#244: Add Changelog summary feature to sdist
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  low            |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.2          |     Platform:         
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Comment (by duncan):

 I agree with Ross that a darcs changelog is far too much information. Much
 more that you could reasonably squeeze into an RSS feed entry for a new
 package.

 A format for changelogs is reasonable, or if we can work out a convention
 such as showing the difference between the current and previous changelog
 file.

 Personally I think the ideal thing would be a combination of a changelog
 written by the package author and an automatic API diff tool. The
 automatic API diff tool provides basic info and a human authored changelog
 can optionally provide helpful details / motivation / comments.

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