On 5/22/08, Rick Hillegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Myrna van Lunteren wrote: > > On 5/22/08, Rick Hillegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For 10.3, would it be sufficient to add svn links to the RELEASE-NOTES > > with certain revisions on our web site? > > something like: > > for 10.3.1.4: > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/db/derby/code/branches/10.3/RELEASE-NOTES.html?revision=561793&content-type=text%2Fplain > > for 10.3.2.1: > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/db/derby/code/branches/10.3/RELEASE-NOTES.html?revision=599095&content-type=text%2Fplain > > > > > I think that's a good suggestion, although when I click on those links, my > browser spins unproductively. > Hm, not sure what that's all about, but I got html source with firefox (html with windows explorer)...Possibly this is related to the problem with testing/README.htm... So maybe this isn't such a good idea?
> For the release notes bundled in the distributions, maybe a given > RELEASE_NOTES.html should contain a link to the release notes of the > previous release (along the lines of what you're suggesting for the 10.3.3 > download page). We could teach the release notes generator how to do this. > Over time, the daisy chain would be long enough to be useful. If we're going to teach the generator more tricks, maybe the new RELEASE-NOTES.html can just include a section for the RELEASE-NOTES of each official release (on the same branch)...If the resulting file isn't too unwieldy. > > Regards, > -Rick Myrna
