On 5/16/07, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Having to think about release notes kicked off a thought. I've been back to the wiki and reorganized the Wish List [1] and Next Release [2] pages a little to help us do this next time round. I've translated the notes we made on the precursor to these pages [3]. I would like to add a feature list to the release notes. I'd also like to repeat it on the web site under "Current Release" or "Release 0.90" or whatever. Before I knock it into you release notes page can everyone take a look and see what is missing. It would also be good to get a feel of what areas of the 1.0 pec API we don't do a full job on yet. I've created a list of annotations and API from the Java spec just to jog people's memory. I don't propose we put that list in the feature list, just a note of what isn't there yet so if you could mark on what isn't yet I can have a quick scout through the code to check first thing in the morning. Regards Simon [1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Java+Wish+List [2] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Java+Next+Release [3] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/Java+SCA+Next+Release+Contents
This is great, the current release notes really was just intended to prompt others to contribute content. I do think we should bare in mind that release notes are an opportunity to advertise and not necessarily to point out all the gory details of whats there and whats not yet supported - especially for a pre-1.0 release. This is a document most people vaguely interested in the Tuscany release will likely read but most of them will lose interest quickly if its too long, so I think concise and positive and helpful. Could we have another document, something like spec compliance and features list, if we really must list out all the gory details of whats there and what doesn't work? ...ant
