[RFC] NEWS subheadings: Changes -> Compatibility Breaks

Ian Clatworthy ian.clatworthy at canonical.com
Tue Jan 13 01:50:13 GMT 2009


John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> Ian Clatworthy wrote:
>> I'd like to propose that the section in NEWS called CHANGES
>> be renamed to COMPATIBILITY BREAKS and be moved to just before
>> API BREAKS. I think that would clear up the confusion about
>> what ought to go in that section (vs FEATURES vs IMPROVEMENTS).

> I've seen things in CHANGES where don't actually fit under that. It
> would certainly be nice if we had clear ideas as to what goes where. I
> suppose some of them might fit better in IMPROVEMENTS ?

Martin,

As 1.12 is just getting under way, I think now is a good time
to introduce this subheading edit. Unless there are objections,
can you/we please do so when adding the empty sections to NEWS for
1.12 development?

Ian C.



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