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= editchanges =
[[http://people.debian.org/~zugschlus/wiki.debian.net/EditChanges/editchanges|editchanges]] is a small shellscript that helps manage the changelog of a Debian host.

== Features ==
 * flexible choice of editors, honoring the local user's settings.
 * rudimentary locking
 * makes sure that the changelog starts with the system's current {{{/etc/motd}}}
 * Positions the editor's insertion point on a newly created changelog entry after invocation
 * dumps changelog diff to syslog after editor was called to allow traceability and transparency. This will also prod somebody skimming the syslog to a change that was made (probably helping her find the cause for a behavior change of the system).

== Todo ==
 * Add possiblity to give changelog entry on command line (like cvs commit -m) for automatic processing.