"what's new" document

[Ben Finney]

Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> writes:

> *pointers*.

Okay, “chase pointers”. Thanks, I understand now.

> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Ben Finney <ben+bazaar at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > 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 upgrading from a version that's out of date by several versions, I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.
>
> This isn't talking about whats new, its talking about NEWS, as per
> Martins email.
> If you're upgrading from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 in my example, you also need to read
> 2.2.5->2.2.6     (in NEWS-2.2, referred to by the 2.3.1 NEWS)
> 2.1.11->2.1.12 (in NEWS-2.1, referred to by 2.2.6 NEWS and maybe 2.3.1 NEWS)
> 2.0.17->2.0.18 (in NEWS-2.0, referred to by 2.1.12 NEWS, maybe 2.2.6
> and 2.3.1 depending on what Martin has in mind)

That's exactly what I would expect to be covered by reading the “What's
New” document; the task of chasing pointers then becomes the job of the
people authoring that document, not the job of every recipient of
Bazaar.

Which feeds into your “more work for Bazaar devs” point, but I assume
that's what Martin is requesting.

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