On 22.12.2006 19:58:43 Simon Pepping wrote: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:38:52PM +0100, Vincent Hennebert wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Reading the release notes page is a bit disappointing I think: > > "Hey, they made a new release! Let's look at the changes: > > ok, bug fixes and new features. > > Hmmm, the behaviour may change from 0.20.5. > > Arghhh, what's that whole list of issues!!" > > > > I doubt any normal user will have a look at the detailed changes (I'm > > not saying the changes page is useless!). > > I agree. Note that the forrest sitemap.xmap contains a rule for > releaseNotes.xml and a stylesheet releaseNotes2document.xsl to > generate that from the status.xml document (i.e. the change > list). Maybe it would be a good idea to reinstate that document and > relegate the known issues to a separate document? But it should be > possible to have a separately written introduction and a list of > important changes above the transformed list of changes.
I agree. Everything that makes a release easier to build is worth looking into. Check out knownissues.xml for an idea (using XInclude, scroll all the way down). Cocoon is very powerful. > > What about listing the major improvements in the new release? The things > > that will catch the eye of the normal user? > > I've attached a small patch to relnotes.xml, so you see what I mean. > > Good points. > > Simon > > > Index: relnotes.xml > > =================================================================== > > --- relnotes.xml (r??vision 489680) > > +++ relnotes.xml (copie de travail) > > @@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ > > </li> > > <li> > > This release again contains many bug fixes and new features. See > > - the <a href="changes.html">changes file</a> for details. > > + the <a href="changes.html">changes file</a> for details. Most > > important > > + changes: > > + <ul> > > + <li>basic support for OpenType fonts</li> > > + <li>copy/paste from PDF files is now working</li> > > + <li>support for cmyk colors</li> > > + </ul> > > </li> > > <li> > > See the <a href="compliance.html">compliance page</a> for an > > > -- > Simon Pepping > home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu Jeremias Maerki
