M-x add-release-logs

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Glenn Morris writes:

 > Doing this seems a bit of pain.

My release script does it automatically, and also makes a commit with
that herald as its log.

 > IMO, it would be simpler to just put it in the top-level ChangeLog.
 > Any objections?

I do find both the commit herald and the ChangeLog entry useful, even
on a relatively short branch.  Not an objection, just an observation.