Hi Gavin, > I wanted to try to install the newest version of git-merge-changelog. I > found the webpage: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/vc-changelog/ > > This has a 2025 copyright date on it, so can be presumed to be up to date. > However, the link to download git-merge-changelog is broken: > > "git-merge-changelog can soon be downloaded from > https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/vc-changelog/git-merge-changelog-1.0.tar.gz.
Note the word "soon"... > But the link doesn't work (goes to a "404 Not Found" page). I'm still working on getting this release upload done. Thanks for the reminder. > I found with the version of git-merge-changelog I have installed, I would > repeatedly lose ChangeLog entries, but this version is 5 years out-of-date, Yes, this bug has been fixed on 2025-07-29. > Following the text in NEWS: > > 2025-08-05 git-merge-changelog This module is removed. Use the package > from > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/vc-changelog.git > > instead. > > - I tried running > "git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/vc-changelog.git/";, which worked > to download the source code, but I would have expected clearer instructions. > ... > I'm happy to report that after upgrading to the new version of > git-merge-changelog (building from a git clone), the program appears to > work correctly. Glad to hear that! > https://www.gnu.org/software/vc-changelog/ references an email address > [email protected], but this email address is not listed at > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ so it is not clear if that email address > exists as a public mailing list or not. The archive now exists. Your mail was the first one, so it created the archive. Bruno
