Because releases (i.e. tags) do not appear on the commits page (e.g. http://drupal.org/node/407994/commits), using release notes that tell people to look at the commit history is useless for normal users. Useless release notes make it hard for users to determine if they should update and what risks updating may pose.
You can use https://drupal.org/project/grn to easily incorporate your commit messages into the release notes. It makes good notes and is faster than typing out "see commit history".
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Comment #1
rdeboerThanks for the tip.