Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Ah, those release notes...

On 11/28/2013 12:32 PM, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Hi Charles, *,
>
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
> <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > [...]
> > Do we need  to display release notes in a clear way on the website, or
> > should we keep them on a wiki (of course, with a link from the
> > website)?
> There are two kind of release notes - the brief one we have at the
> main website, and the list of new features, and the ones that list the
> fixed bugs/the more technical ones for the individual releases in the
> wiki.
>
> I think we need both.
+1
IMHO users should get a bullet list of new features, improvements, and 
bug fixes. I would keep each bullet to about 1 sentence in length. There 
should be link(s) to more extensive description(s) in the wiki for those 
who are interested in more detail.

Generally, I want to know the summary of changes and personally I rarely 
read the more technical notes. The exception is for those items I have a 
deep interest in and have been following more closely. I suspect I am 
fairly typical of most users.

> > My thinking goes like this: few people read them and the people who
> > do... tend to know our wiki. Most of the people don't, they are
> > interested in features and these features will have a dedicated section
> > on the future website.
> Maybe you have a narrow view on release notes that excludes the new
> features notes and similar.
>
> Maybe defining what release notes for endusers should contain is the
> real question here.
>
> ciao
> Christian

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