> So?  You can generate a ChangeLog file from Git, and we likely would do
> so.  But frankly: it is quite unlikely for users to look at a ChangeLog
> file.

I did so when I was just a user.  But sure, that's probably a minority.

Also, there is a point about credit that I don't think has been made: Even though I don't have write access to the Emacs repository I'm mentioned in some Changelogs because of fixes I've mailed when reporting bugs. I think I was somewhat thrilled the first times developers put my name there instead of their own when checking in those fixes. It is maybe not a big point, but still a point, since that feeling can be an impetus to making more fixes.