[HADOOP-11792] Remove all of the CHANGES.txt files

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: build
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change
• Release Note: With the introduction of the markdown-formatted and automatically built changes file, the CHANGES.txt files have been eliminated.
• Assignee: Andrew Wang
• Reporter: Allen Wittenauer
• Created: 02/Apr/15 16:03
• Updated: 30/Aug/16 01:29
• Resolved: 04/Mar/16 05:04

Description

With the commit of HADOOP-11731, the CHANGES.txt files are now EOLed. We should remove them.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-11731 Rework the changelog and releasenotes
• is related to: HADOOP-12651 Replace dev-support with wrappers to Yetus
• supercedes: HADOOP-11718 CHANGES.TXT in trunk is incorrect