[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3069: Plugin Directory: Add dates to Changelog section in readme.txt example

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#3069: Plugin Directory: Add dates to Changelog section in readme.txt example
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> Raised by @bethannon1 in
> [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC6RW/p1503614101000008
> #forums]:
> > bethannon1: Anyone know why we don't require plugin authors to show the
> dates of their updates on their changelog? That would be super-handy....
> Some put it in, but most don't.
> > ...
> > For instance, because Ninja Forms puts the release date of updates on
> their changelog, I can tell that the new client site that I'm working in
> has not been updated since before September 2016.
> >
> > sergey: We could probably pull the dates from SVN, however changelogs
> are basically freeform text now, like the rest of `readme.txt`, so
> automatically displaying the dates there, while theoretically possible,
> seems like a non-trivial task.
> > We could educate plugin authors instead and make it a guideline in
> Plugin Developer Handbook :)
> > ...
> > A good first step would be adding dates to `Changelog` section in
> [https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/#readme readme.txt example].

New description:

 Raised by @bethannon1 in
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC6RW/p1503614101000008
 #forums]:
 > bethannon1: Anyone know why we don't require plugin authors to show the
 dates of their updates on their changelog? That would be super-handy....
 Some put it in, but most don't.
 > ...
 > For instance, because Ninja Forms puts the release date of updates on
 their changelog, I can tell that the new client site that I'm working in
 has not been updated since before September 2016.
 >
 > sergey: We could probably pull the dates from SVN, however changelogs
 are basically freeform text now, like the rest of `readme.txt`, so
 automatically displaying the dates there, while theoretically possible,
 seems like a non-trivial task.
 > We could educate plugin authors instead and make it a guideline in
 Plugin Developer Handbook :)
 > ...
 > A good first step would be adding dates to `Changelog` section in
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/#readme readme.txt example].
 >
 > bethannon1: I like the idea of adding dates to that example! Easy to do,
 and at least some devs would follow along with that expectation.

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