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this already some thoughts here: []      What I came up with is
a stream of yaml docs (separated by '---'), each containing a
hash with info about that version. The reason to use a stream of
separate docs is to cut back on indentation ("chrome"). So we
only have one indentation level for the lists which means we can
easily correct the format if somebody forgets to put the two
spaces before the '- ' list token.      Below is an example of
how a Changes.yml could loo     • ...after all, it's supposed to
be machine-readable...        Sorry, but if you keep it that
way, it won't get much ground. First and foremost, it should be
conveniently human-writable, everything else comes afterwards.
Because if you can't write it conveniently as a human, people
won't use the format and stay with "unreadable" formats for
Changes files. Having the Changes file generated from
Changes.yml adds complexi