Re: Update on Feature List [Release Notes]

Katie Capps Parlante <capps-6zGkXsw2EZWGJGYlWa3Ukdi2O/[email protected]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:27:02 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.org.osaf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
+1 to release notes proposal.

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Re: Release Notes proposal. +1

...
> On Jul 27, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Philippe Bossut wrote:
>> Now we're (almost) done with that (I left the *In Progress* line at 
>> the top intact, you may want to clean that up), I'm wondering what we 
>> should do with a "release note" (this is assigned to me 
>> https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9608). We talked 
>> about it without really converging on a decision. FYI, here's the list 
>> of sections that the FireFox 2.0 release notes 
>> (http://en.www.mozilla.com/en/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/) covers:
>>
>> - What's New
>> - System Requirements
>> - Downloading
>> - Installing
>> - Uninstalling
>> - Extensions and Themes
>> - Known Issues
>> - Troubleshooting
>> - FAQ
>> - Contributed Builds
>> - Other Resources and Links
>>
>> I think we have *all* of this in various pages we just edited *except* 
>> for a "What's New" page, the argument being that, pretty much 
>> everything is new so the Feature List should be enough...
>>
>> ... but not everything is that new. There are people who have been 
>> following us (though they might not be users). So, the question is: 
>> should we create such a release note page, which will basically 
>> contain only a "What's New" section (new wrt to Chandler Desktop 0.6) 
>> and a profusion of pointers for the rest?
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