Hi Nyall, > > > As a reminder from last cycle, we've adapted certain language > guidelines to make the changelog consistent and easier to read: > - Don't use passive tense "A feature was added which allows use > of...", instead replace it with the more personal "WE added a > feature... this allows YOU to...". > - Talk up features! Make them sound innovative, exciting and "fun", > instead of dry and technical. > - Give lots of credit to sponsors, e.g. "In previous QGIS versions > you had to ... . Now, thanks to sponsorship from ###, you can now > directly import..."
Thanks for the guidelines, I didn't know it before. I have added the description for the features that I did for the GSoC, following the guidelines. Best regards. On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 8:38 AM Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi list, > > Once again a release has rolled around with our changelog in complete > disarray. :( > > I w̶a̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ invested some time today copying entries from the git > log across to the changelog, but honestly, we were all TERRIBLE this > cycle and the git commits for features consistently had next to no > documentation. Everyone was at fault here*. > > As a result, the changelog still looks... rather... crap. So devs-- > please fix and expand on your entries!* > > As a reminder from last cycle, we've adapted certain language > guidelines to make the changelog consistent and easier to read: > > - Don't use passive tense "A feature was added which allows use > of...", instead replace it with the more personal "WE added a > feature... this allows YOU to...". > > - Talk up features! Make them sound innovative, exciting and "fun", > instead of dry and technical. > > - Give lots of credit to sponsors, e.g. "In previous QGIS versions > you had to ... . Now, thanks to sponsorship from ###, you can now > directly import..." > > Nyall > > > * myself included > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Ismail Sunni Software Engineer ismailsunni.id ismailsunni.wordpress.com
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