LICENSE and NOTICE are the only 2 required named files within the release. The changelog is an optional item and can be named whatever we like, +1 to making it easier to understand its purpose
-Jake On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Bill Farner <wfar...@apache.org> wrote: > Our NEWS file has turned into a useful source of information, but i think > the name doesn't clearly illustrate its purpose. Since we have been > primarily using it to manage release notes, i propose we rename the file to > RELEASE-NOTES.md. > > As the name implies, i also propose that we formally use markdown syntax. > This will make for more natural linking to other docs, and direct posting > to our blog at release time (this is currently a manual process, > translating NEWS to markdown). >
