CHANGELOG.txt first line: Drupal 7.xx, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)

This is still an issue with 7.67

Thank you. I pinged @fabianx about it in Slack.

Still an issue with 7.68

Sorry, yes you're right - these lines should be removed from CHANGELOG.txt in tagged releases.

We'll try to ensure that happens in future.

Still an issue with 7.70 version
I am working on this issue.

Hi @sBonde,

I have added my patch for Drupal version 7.70. please take a look.

Looks okay except the date. I see the date as 20th on https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.70.

Branch 9.x needs work as well. It has a link to the Drupal 8.x download page.

* For a full list of fixes in the latest release, visit:
https://www.drupal.org/8/download

Hi @Sivaji,

I have updated the date in the changelog file please take a look and for this comment "Branch 9.x needs work as well. It has a link to the Drupal 8.x download page"
We have to create a new separate issue to fix this for D9.

The problem here is that the script that's used to prepare tagged security releases doesn't remove the "development version" lines. We're looking at fixing that.

However, we can't change existing tagged releases, and we don't want to remove those lines from the 7.x branch as that is the "development version" :)

So, thanks for your work on this issue, but we can't fix this problem this way.

The CHANGELOG.txt file was removed from newer branches; see #2647824: [policy and patch] Determine what should go in CHANGELOG.txt for 8.x core releases

@mcdruid,

However, we can't change existing tagged releases, and we don't want to remove those lines from the 7.x branch as that is the "development version" :)

Okay, that makes sense. But historically a release has happened just to fix the version no. see https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.7 but there is a difference here.

@Raunak.singh

"Branch 9.x needs work as well. It has a link to the Drupal 8.x download page"
We have to create a new separate issue to fix this for D9.

Sure, I've created #3143196: Change the download link in CHANGELOG.txt for Drupal 9 to address that.

we don't want to remove those lines from the 7.x branch as that is the "development version" :)

But those lines don't actually list any changes, sho why are they needed in the development version in the first place? Is the purpose of CHANGELOG.txt to identify what version of Drupal you're using, or is the purpose to list the major changes for each release?

Is the purpose of CHANGELOG.txt to identify what version of Drupal you're using, or is the purpose to list the major changes for each release?

Personally I'd argue it's an outdated concept either way, which is why it was (more-or-less) retired in later versions.

We don't need two issues open for this, so closing as a duplicate of #3031211: CHANGELOG.txt contains extraneous text.