This, I suspect, depends on your user base. Apparently your users expect the name "changelog". (Do they all use that exact term? Could this usage be traced to a single source, common among your users?)
> The actual Changelog format, per the GNU standards, is useless in my opinion now that version control systems have gotten so good.
Indeed, I believe even GNU Emacs has abandoned (or is about to abandon) it, now that they have switched to git.
Yes my users all use the term "changelog". And outside of traditional GNU projects, I've never seen anybody talk about "the NEWS file". All I've seen is people mentioning "the changelog", by which they mean that which the GNU NEWS file is meant for.
This, I suspect, depends on your user base. Apparently your users expect the name "changelog". (Do they all use that exact term? Could this usage be traced to a single source, common among your users?)
> The actual Changelog format, per the GNU standards, is useless in my opinion now that version control systems have gotten so good.
Indeed, I believe even GNU Emacs has abandoned (or is about to abandon) it, now that they have switched to git.