Remove changelog.txt from the repository

The changelog.txt file hasn't been kept in sync with release tags,
especially on main, so remove it.

The release notes will be featured in RELEASE_NOTES.md.

Signed-off-by: jesperpedersen <jesper.pedersen@redhat.com>

[NO TESTS NEEDED]

Makefile

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ test/goecho/goecho: .gopathok $(wildcard test/goecho/*.go)
 
 .PHONY: codespell
 codespell:
-	codespell -S bin,vendor,.git,go.sum,changelog.txt,.cirrus.yml,"RELEASE_NOTES.md,*.xz,*.gz,*.ps1,*.tar,*.tgz,bin2img,*ico,*.png,*.1,*.5,copyimg,*.orig,apidoc.go" -L uint,iff,od,seeked,splitted,marge,ERRO,hist,ether -w
+	codespell -S bin,vendor,.git,go.sum,.cirrus.yml,"RELEASE_NOTES.md,*.xz,*.gz,*.ps1,*.tar,*.tgz,bin2img,*ico,*.png,*.1,*.5,copyimg,*.orig,apidoc.go" -L uint,iff,od,seeked,splitted,marge,ERRO,hist,ether -w
 
 .PHONY: validate
 validate: gofmt lint .gitvalidation validate.completions man-page-check swagger-check tests-included tests-expect-exit
@@ -469,17 +469,6 @@ swagger: pkg/api/swagger.yaml
 docker-docs: docs
 	(cd docs; ./dckrman.sh ./build/man/*.1)
 
-.PHONY: changelog
-changelog: ## Generate updated changelog.txt from git logs
-	@echo "Creating changelog from $(CHANGELOG_BASE) to $(CHANGELOG_TARGET)"
-	$(eval TMPFILE := $(shell mktemp podman_tmp_XXXX))
-	$(shell cat changelog.txt > $(TMPFILE))
-	$(shell echo "- Changelog for $(CHANGELOG_TARGET) ($(ISODATE)):" > changelog.txt)
-	$(shell git log --no-merges --format="  * %s" $(CHANGELOG_BASE)..$(CHANGELOG_TARGET) >> changelog.txt)
-	$(shell echo "" >> changelog.txt)
-	$(shell cat $(TMPFILE) >> changelog.txt)
-	$(shell rm $(TMPFILE))
-
 # Workaround vim syntax highlighting bug: "
 
 ###

RELEASE_PROCESS.md

@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ spelled with complete minutiae.
       `git checkout -b bump_vX.Y.Z`.
    1. Lookup the *COMMIT ID* of the last release,
       `git log -1 $(git tag | sort -V | tail -1)`.
-   1. Run `make changelog CHANGELOG_BASE=`*COMMIT ID*. This will modify the
-      `changelog.txt` file.  Manually edit it to change the first line
-      (“Changelog for …”) to include the current (new) release version number.
-      For example, `- Changelog for v2.1.0 (2020-09-22):`.
    1. Edit `version/version.go` and bump the `Version` value to the new
       release version.  If there were API changes, also bump `APIVersion` value.
    1. Commit this and sign the commit (`git commit -a -s -S`). The commit message

contrib/cirrus/pr-should-include-tests

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ filtered_changes=$(git diff --name-status $base $head |
                        fgrep -vx .cirrus.yml          |
                        fgrep -vx .gitignore           |
                        fgrep -vx Makefile             |
-                       fgrep -vx changelog.txt        |
                        fgrep -vx go.mod               |
                        fgrep -vx go.sum               |
                        egrep -v  '^[^/]+\.md$'        |

hack/release.sh

@@ -36,20 +36,10 @@ write_spec_version()
 	sed -i "s/^\(Version: *\).*/\1${LOCAL_VERSION}/" contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
 }
 
-write_changelog()
-{
-	echo "- Changelog for v${VERSION} (${DATE})" >.changelog.txt &&
-	git log --no-merges --format='  * %s' "${LAST_TAG}..HEAD" >>.changelog.txt &&
-	echo >>.changelog.txt &&
-	cat changelog.txt >>.changelog.txt &&
-	mv -f .changelog.txt changelog.txt
-}
-
 release_commit()
 {
 	write_go_version "${VERSION}" &&
 	write_spec_version "${VERSION}" &&
-	write_changelog &&
 	git commit -asm "Bump to v${VERSION}"
 }