Applied, thanks! On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 22:56:35 -0800, Trent W. Buck wrote: > Better late then never, this bundle demonstrates the kind of NEWS file > I've been talking about for some time. Key points:
> - It's called NEWS, and the intended audience is end users, NOT > developers. Developers can use "darcs changes". The NEWS file is > written by a human and contains very high-level summary of what is > new in each version. Think of it as answering the question "why > should I bother upgrading?" Hmm. One side-effect is that this solves the "problem" in which /Producing Open Source Software/ claims that CHANGES is the standard name for what we used to call ChangeLog (and vice versa that our darcs changes command produces what they call a changelog). By calling it 'NEWS', we side step this silliness :-) > - Hopefully in future I/we get the entry applied prior to tagging the > release >sheepish< :-) Better late than never. -- Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9
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