build-sys: Drop ChangeLog generation

This drops ChangeLog generation from git. It does not make sense to
distribute 500 kB of ChangeLog given how easy it is these days to browse
history with git.

We might replace this with a release-annoucement-esque high-level
summary of changes.

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b3ee078..09fe5ef 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ fedora-snapshot: dist
        cp $(distdir).tar.gz $$HOME/git.fedora/pulseaudio/$(distdir).tar.gz
 
 dist-hook:
-       if test -d .git ; then \
-               test -z $$USE_GIT || git pull ; \
-               test -f ${distdir}/ChangeLog && chmod u+w ${distdir}/ChangeLog ; \
-               ( git-changelog.perl || echo "git-changelog.perl failed." ) > ${distdir}/ChangeLog 2>&1 ; \
-       fi
        echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version
        echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.version