feat!: do not always include the changelog file

.yarn/versions/e75b966c.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/builder": major
+  "@yarnpkg/cli": major
+  "@yarnpkg/core": major
+  "@yarnpkg/doctor": major
+  "@yarnpkg/extensions": major
+  "@yarnpkg/nm": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-catalog": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-compat": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-constraints": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-dlx": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-exec": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-file": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-git": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-github": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-http": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-init": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-interactive-tools": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-jsr": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-link": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-nm": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm-cli": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-patch": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnp": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnpm": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-stage": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-version": major
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-workspace-tools": major
+  "@yarnpkg/pnpify": major
+  "@yarnpkg/sdks": major

packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/pack.test.js

@@ -614,25 +614,6 @@ describe(`Commands`, () => {
       }),
     );
 
-    test(
-      `it should always include CHANGELOG (and its variants), even with a "files" field`,
-      makeTemporaryEnv({
-        files: [
-          `/lib/*.js`,
-        ],
-      }, async ({path, run, source}) => {
-        await fsUtils.writeFile(`${path}/lib/changelog`, `lib specific changelog`);
-        await fsUtils.writeFile(`${path}/CHANGELOG.md`, `package changelog`);
-
-        await run(`install`);
-
-        const {stdout} = await run(`pack`, `--dry-run`);
-        expect(stdout).not.toMatch(/lib\/changelog/);
-        expect(stdout).toMatch(/CHANGELOG\.md/);
-        expect(stdout).toMatch(/package\.json/);
-      }),
-    );
-
     test(
       `it should never set the +x flag on files in general`,
       makeTemporaryEnv({}, async ({path, run, source}) => {

packages/plugin-pack/sources/packUtils.ts

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ const NEVER_IGNORE = [
 
   `/licence`,
   `/licence.*`,
-
-  `/changelog`,
-  `/changelog.*`,
 ];
 
 const ALWAYS_IGNORE = [