Docs: Refine changelog's README

Mention how changelogs are generated nowadays.
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# Generating changelog entries
To generate and validate your changelog entries:
From GitLab 14.0.0 onwards, [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md) is generated
by parsing [Git trailers](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-interpret-trailers)
in commit messages.
1. Run `bin/changelog` to generate.
1. Run `yamllint changelogs` to validate.
See [development/changelog] documentation for detailed usage.
[development/changelog]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/changelog.html
See [documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/changelog.html#how-to-generate-a-changelog-entry)
on how to generate changelog entries.
# Changelog archival