"what's new" document

[Martin Pool]

On 18 August 2010 17:59, Ben Finney <ben+bazaar at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> Firstly, this is harder on users. They have to chase points - a change
>> in 2.3 which started in 2.0 will require three additional lookups -
>> assuming only one point release at each point.
>
> I don't understand what this means. What is a “point” in your
> terminology? How are points different from changes?

He meant "chase pointers" and the comment was about ceasing to
duplicate news entries as stable branches are merged up to trunk.

>
> I would only expect the “What's New” document to describe changes since
> the previous released “What's New” document. If I'm a user upgrading
> from a version that's out of date by several versions, I read the
> “What's New” document for each version released since then.

Right.

-- 
Martin