Dates in CHANGELOG

[lukeindykiewicz]

I have mixed feelings about Update dates in CHANGELOG point from the release todo list, because all we did with rewriting commits was to only drop last commit (Bump to M/rc) before release. CHANGELOG is changed in Prepare for release commit, so I would need to rewrite it (or add one more commit).
The two rules contradicts each other, imho.

[dilyand]

I think the idea is that you:

1. Change the date in the CHANGELOG
2. git commit -m "Prepare for release" << this leaves you with two "Prepare for release" commits
3. git rebase -i ... and squash "Prepare for release" commits.

The "Prepare for release" commit is not itself part of the CHANGELOG.

[chuwy]

Release date is when assets became available (and ideally when they were announced). This cannot be changed.

In many cases we know when asset will go live and the date remains unchanged. If we didn't do planning very well and asset goes live on the other date - it needs to be changed in Prepare for release, no additional commit necessary.