Also, would be nice for Pkg.update() to return change logs for updated packages. This might be tricky given the usual markdown format, but shouldn't be impossible
On Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:10:26 UTC+11, Viral Shah wrote: > > There really isn't. We use NEWS.md in julia, and presumably that could be > come standard. > > I really wish we could have a mechanism, where Pkg.publish() prompts you > for a NEWS update, appends it to NEWS.md, and then also submits it as part > of the PR - so that when merging in METADATA.jl, one can see what new > features or fixes come as part of that particular package update. > > -viral > > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 7:43:36 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Is there a standard method for declaring a package's changes in a package >> NEWS file? Couldn't find anything in Julia docs. I think some packages use >> a NEWS.md file at the top level (e.g. DataFrames, Gadfly, Distributions), >> but others do not (e.g. Dates, Optim). >> >
