docs/CONTRIBUTING.md: mention that docs/CHANGELOG.md shouldn't contain technical details for the changes

The purpose of docs/CHANGELOG.md is to provide VictoriaMetrics users clear and concise information
on what's changed at VictoriaMetrics components. Technical details of the change are unclear
to most of VictoriaMetrics users, who are not familiar with VictoriaMetrics source code.
These details complicate reading the docs/CHANGELOG.md by ordinary users, so do not clutter
the changelog with technical details. If the user wants technical details, he can click
the link to the related GitHub issue and/or pull request and dive into all the details he wants.
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@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Further checks are optional for external contributions:
- The change must be described in **clear user-readable** form at [docs/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md), - The change must be described in **clear user-readable** form at [docs/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md),
since it is read by **VictoriaMetrics users** who may not know implementation details of VictoriaMetrics products. The change description must **clearly** answer the following questions: since it is read by **VictoriaMetrics users** who may not know implementation details of VictoriaMetrics products. The change description must **clearly** answer the following questions:
- What does this change do?
- What does this change do? There is no need to provide technical details for the change, since they may confuse VictoriaMetrics users, who do not know Go.
- Why this change is needed? - Why this change is needed?
The change description must link to the related GitHub issues and the related docs, if any. The change description must link to the related GitHub issues and the related docs, if any.