Update docs and processes to use the new changelog

(cherry picked from commit bcc99213a57b4e93176040a277508fc90f6e771b)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad2b29bbc88cc24ca2c887df294715d5871df9b3..6439c5b32978572291256f78c34b5159b56671b2 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ information regarding copyright ownership.
 1. [Building BIND](#build)
 1. [Automated testing](#testing)
 1. [Documentation](#doc)
-1. [Change log](#changes)
 1. [Acknowledgments](#ack)
 
 ### <a name="intro"/> Introduction
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ ongoing maintenance and improvement. BIND is open source software
 licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0.
 
 For a detailed list of changes made throughout the history of BIND 9, see
-the file [CHANGES](CHANGES). See [below](#changes) for details on the
-CHANGES file format.
+the [changelog](doc/arm/changelog.rst).
 
 For up-to-date versions and release notes, see
 [https://www.isc.org/download/](https://www.isc.org/download/).
@@ -154,35 +152,6 @@ can be found in the ISC Knowledgebase at
 Additional information on various subjects can be found in other
 `README` files throughout the source tree.
 
-### <a name="changes"/> Change log
-
-A detailed list of all changes that have been made throughout the
-development of BIND 9 is included in the file CHANGES, with the most recent
-changes listed first. Change notes include tags indicating the category of
-the change that was made; these categories are:
-
-|Category      |Description                                    |
-|--------------        |-----------------------------------------------|
-| [func] | New feature |
-| [bug] | General bug fix |
-| [security] | Fix for a significant security flaw |
-| [experimental] | Used for new features when the syntax or other aspects of the design are still in flux and may change |
-| [port] | Portability enhancement |
-| [maint] | Updates to built-in data such as root server addresses and keys |
-| [tuning] | Changes to built-in configuration defaults and constants to improve performance |
-| [performance] | Other changes to improve server performance |
-| [protocol] | Updates to the DNS protocol such as new RR types |
-| [test] | Changes to the automatic tests, not affecting server functionality |
-| [cleanup] | Minor corrections and refactoring |
-| [doc] | Documentation |
-| [contrib] | Changes to the contributed tools and libraries in the 'contrib' subdirectory |
-| [placeholder] | Used in the main development branch to reserve change numbers for use in other branches, e.g., when fixing a bug that only exists in older releases |
-
-In general, [func] and [experimental] tags only appear in new-feature
-releases (i.e., those with version numbers ending in zero). Some new
-functionality may be backported to older releases on a case-by-case basis.
-All other change types may be applied to all currently supported releases.
-
 #### Bug report identifiers
 
 Most notes in the CHANGES file include a reference to a bug report or

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1f0ee33fd94ae34b622ac04265318323b5ca314..515ae26e39a174b48c4e87f4e9ca9207b24cbea2 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1199,10 +1199,10 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_XELATEX], [test -n "$XELATEX" && test -n "$LATEXMK"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_MANPAGES], [test -e doc/man/named.conf.5in || test -n "$SPHINX_BUILD"])
 
 #
-# Pull release date from CHANGES file last modification date
+# Pull release date from changelog.rst file last modification date
 # for reproducible builds
 #
-release_date=`date -u -r CHANGES +%Y-%m-%d`
+release_date=`date -u -r doc/arm/changelog.rst +%Y-%m-%d`
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE], $release_date)
 
 #