[Asterisk-Dev] Stable change log suggestion?

[Rich Adamson]

> > How difficult (or time consuming) would it be to create a one-line
> > entry into a README-Changes type text file when a bug gets applied 
> > to Stable?
> 
> If you'd like to maintain this, I'd be happy to merge your notes through
> the bug tracker.

Since I'm not a cvs knowledgable person from the backend application
patch/merge/update process, I don't have a clue what that actually
involves (or even if its possible). Is the merge-patch process a total
manual effort?