[pitivi] Kill ChangeLog with fire

[Jean-François Fortin Tam <jfft src gnome org>]

commit 0d21848087c383e67fc5b79866fb5a9488a8d911
Author: Jean-François Fortin Tam <nekohayo gmail com>
Date:   Sat Sep 28 21:22:09 2013 -0400

    Kill ChangeLog with fire
    
    This is not 1999. We have working version control now.

 .gitignore            |    1 -
 ChangeLog             |26291 -------------------------------------------------
 Makefile.am           |    1 -
 configure.ac          |    8 +-
 docs/makeChangelog.py |   58 -
 docs/release          |    9 +-
 po/ChangeLog          |  395 -
 po/Makefile.in.in     |    2 +-
 8 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 26760 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e6e992..0ed6451 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ stamp-h.in
 pitivi.appdata.xml
 pitivi.desktop
 pitivi.desktop.in
-prepare-ChangeLog.pl
 autom4te.cache
 aclocal.m4
 INSTALL
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 35f37a5..7079a0a 100755
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ mime_DATA = pitivi.xml
 man_MANS = docs/pitivi.1
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-       ChangeLog \
        NEWS \
        AUTHORS \
        RELEASE \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b87e5e9..2b712a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 dnl define PACKAGE_VERSION_* variables
 AS_VERSION
 
-dnl check if this is a release version
-AS_NANO(PITIVI_CVS="no", PITIVI_CVS="yes")
-
 dnl can autoconf find the source ?
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([pitivi/application.py])
 
 AC_SUBST_FILE(AUTHORS)
 AUTHORS=$srcdir/AUTHORS
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE, $VERSION)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_SUBST(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, "-I common/m4")
 
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBDIR, $libdir)
@@ -41,9 +38,6 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE(Storing configuration files in $SYSCONFDIR)
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LOCALSTATEDIR, $localstatedir)
 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using localstatedir $LOCALSTATEDIR)
 
-dnl check for python
-AS_PATH_PYTHON(2.5)
-
 dnl python checks (you can change the required python version bellow)
 AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.7.0)
 PY_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c 'import sys ; print sys.prefix'`
diff --git a/docs/release b/docs/release
index c0eb7f2..c49a81e 100644
--- a/docs/release
+++ b/docs/release
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ Preparing:
      * Re-autogen
      * Make sure pre-requisites are still valid
      * Commit
-     * Generate the complete ChangeLog file:
-       * docs/makeChangelog.py > ChangeLog
 
     Releases (major or bugfixes):
      * Bump minor number up in configure.ac and remove the nano (ex: 0.15.92 -> 0.16)
@@ -29,11 +27,10 @@ Preparing:
      * Make sure pre-requisites are still valid
      * Update the following files:
       * pitivi.org/versions.txt: add new release as current
-      * ChangeLog (see the instructions in the previous section)
-      * RELEASE. To get the list of contributors,
+      * RELEASE. Basically short version of release notes/announcement. To get the list of contributors,
         * 'git shortlog -s -n RELEASE-<previoustag>..'
-      * NEWS (Using the changes from RELEASE)
-      * AUTHORS (if there are new contributors)
+      * NEWS (a shorter version of RELEASE, with the exec summary of changes)
+      * AUTHORS (if there are new maintainers)
      * Commit
      * git tag -a RELEASE-X_YY_Z  # For major releases, Z = 0
      * Use git push --tags to ensure the tags are published on the remote
diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 2bd3651..e120aef 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ PO_LINGUAS=$(shell if test -r $(srcdir)/LINGUAS; then grep -v "^\#" $(srcdir)/LI
 
 POFILES=$(shell if test -n "$(PO_LINGUAS)"; then LINGUAS="$(PO_LINGUAS)"; else LINGUAS="$(ALL_LINGUAS)"; fi; 
for lang in $$LINGUAS; do printf "$$lang.po "; done)
 
-DISTFILES = ChangeLog Makefile.in.in POTFILES.in $(POFILES)
+DISTFILES = Makefile.in.in POTFILES.in $(POFILES)
 EXTRA_DISTFILES = POTFILES.skip Makevars LINGUAS
 
 POTFILES = \