Merge pull request #59 from laminas/suggest-removal-of-changelog

Suggest dropping `CHANGELOG.md` due to increased maintenance effort (merge conflicts)

meetings/agenda.md

@@ -7,3 +7,18 @@ Please file pull requests to add, or discuss items to add, to the agenda.
 
 ## Items to discuss
 
+### Drop `CHANGELOG.md` from repositories when it leads to merge conflicts
+
+`CHANGELOG.md` is more hindrance than help: we keep our changelog in the `git tag` history, as well
+as under the release history on github. Having `CHANGELOG.md` as part of the repository leads to
+slower merge-up workflow when dealing with bugfixes, and we already have a all the information in
+the repository history, as well as on github.
+
+An alternative suggested approach could be to generate a `CHANGELOG.md` in the documentation build,
+by picking the list of pre-existing tags and unrolling it in that process, therefore removing the
+need for keeping a build artifact in the repository.
+
+Examples:
+
+ * https://github.com/laminas/laminas-servicemanager/pull/76
+ * https://github.com/laminas/laminas-mail/pull/125 merge-up actively interrupted a productive day of merge/release there: https://github.com/laminas/laminas-mail/pull/125#issuecomment-752996771