Re: [boost] [1.45.0] release note are insufficient

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.45.0] release note are insufficient
From: Matt Chambers (matt.chambers42_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-23 09:33:58

On 11/23/2010 8:09 AM, Eric Niebler wrote:
> On 11/23/2010 8:03 AM, Stewart, Robert wrote:
>> Thomas Klimpel wrote:
>>>> But a lot of people seem to want the release notes to
>>>> include every bug fix.
>>> Don't do that, please.
>> -1
>>
>> I want to know the complete list of changes.
> <snip>
>
> I would also like every library to provide a complete list of bugs fixed
> on the release notes page, if only to impress upon people that we are
> taking quality seriously, and that we pay attention to bugs in the
> tracker.

If the tracker is being used correctly, shouldn't the complete list of bug fixes 
be a query on the tracker for issues that were known in <version-1> and have 
been fixed in <version>? The main release notes could link to that query. I 
don't know if it needs to be one link per library though - some libraries might 
not have many fixes and clicking on a link just to see those would be tedious. A 
single link to a big list with issues categorized by library would suffice.

-Matt