I should also add that the release manager will be the “final” editor of it as part of the release and may make changes, deletions or corrections.
Ralph > On Jun 29, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wouldn’t use the word “appended”. announcement.vm is free-form text that > describes the release. It should be edited as needed. Most enhancements and > fixes don’t need to be called out there. > > Ralph > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 12:14 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just documenting which file to update and that it gets appended... >> >> On Jun 29, 2017 12:11 PM, "Ralph Goers" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Updating the release notes is already a step in the release process. Are >>> you talking about a different wiki page? >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 10:33 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Another step in the wiki? >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> On Jun 29, 2017 08:42, "Mikael Ståldal" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK, I just started the good practice. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2017-06-29 16:53, Ralph Goers wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I edit src/site/announcment.vm as required before releases to call out >>>>>> anything special. It would be good practice to edit during development >>> so >>>>>> that I don’t forget things. The changes.xml content gets appended to >>> the >>>>>> announcement text. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ralph >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:02 AM, Mikael Ståldal <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, but in this case I want something more which cannot be placed in >>>>>>> changes.xml. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2017-06-29 14:37, Remko Popma wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Release Notes = changes.xml, no? >>>>>>>> (Shameless plug) Every java main() method deserves >>> http://picocli.info >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 19:48, Mikael Ståldal <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Do we have any place to prepare release notes for an upcoming >>> release, >>>>>>>>> before actually making the release? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Removing SerializedLayout as default warrants a mentioning in the >>>>>>>>> release notes for the 2.9 release, since it is a breaking change. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >
