Drop java-support's release-notes.txt ? (was: Add voting to release process)

[Ian Young]

> On 27 Jan 2015, at 13:56, Tom Zeller <tzeller at dragonacea.biz> wrote:
> 
> The shipped file is still not what you want though, it's pretty much a list of issues.

I'm not arguing for retaining the file. That's why I said:

> What Scott is doing with the IdP is, to my mind, ideal:
> 
>   https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/IDP30/ReleaseNotes


My point during the discussion was that anything which is just a list of issues is unhelpful, whether it's in a file, Jira, or anywhere else. What's needed is narrative, in the form of a description of significant changes *plus* their reasons and implications. Plus, yes, some way to get a list of changes.

> I should have said : "point to the wiki", not JIRA, my error.

Then we agree after all. Cool.

> I totally agree with you, but I would rather the release notes be on the wiki. I guess we would do that for every project ?

I'd say yes, although we'll need to find somewhere to put the ones which don't come up to the "product" level themselves.

    -- Ian




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