Modernize changelog

[jakob-keller]

          nit: the style of this change log reminds me of a Git log or a TODO-list. I think it's subject to future improvement (style- and automation-wise — we have Towncrier and some helper integrations in other org repos).

Originally posted by @webknjaz in #1136 (comment)

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