Re: Linking to changes in Commons components

Julian Reschke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Am 31.07.2026 um 14:33 schrieb Gary Gregory:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 8:28 AM Julian Reschke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> what's the best way to link (as in JIRA) to changes in Commons
>> components, such as IO?
>>
>> AFAICT, only *bugs* have a Jira ticket.
>>
>> The Release Notes (as in
>> <https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/changes.html#a2.22.0>)
>> list the changes, but the individual changes do not have a unique
>> identifier.
> 
> It all depends on what your definition of "individual changes" is. For
> commits, you can ask git with "git log" or you can ask GitHub, for
> example:
> 
> https://github.com/apache/commons-io/compare/rel/commons-io-2.21.0...rel/commons-io-2.22.0
> ...

Yes, I'm aware of that :-)

That said, the granularity of Git commits is not ideal.

So, what about giving in each line a stable identifier (could be 
auto-generated), so one could link *into* the change log file? Such as 
"https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/changes.html#a2.22.0-change-1"?

...and - while I'm writing this - I realize that *something* like that 
only (sort of) works:

<https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/changes.html##:~:text=BoundedReader%20now%20extends%20ProxyReader>


Best regards, Julian
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