Release note suggestions

[Gary Feldman <g1...@marsdome.com>]

Having just upgraded to 1.1.1, I have two recommendations to make for 
the release notes:

1.  Make them available from the Download page, and maybe the home page. 
     It took me quite a while to find them.

2.  Include a compatibility section.  The first question I was asked 
when I scheduled the upgrade was whether users would have to upgrade 
their clients immediately.  I couldn't find an answer to this (but since 
the upgrade on Windows was more or less painless, I just did the upgrade 
anyway - since other developers had been asking for it for some time).

I'm not asking for all clients to be listed, just a section indicating 
the oldest svn command line client that will work with the new server, 
and the oldest server that will work with the new command line client. 
Even when the answer is trivial (i.e. they all work), it should be 
explicitly stated.

Come to think of it, it should probably also indicate the oldest version 
that doesn't require the database to be dumped.  I know I found a 
statement to that effect somewhere (but it was technically wrong, since 
it just gave a blanket "unnecessary" without allowing for the 
possibility that someone might be upgrading from 0.3 to 1.1.1).  I can't 
find that statement now, which just reinforces my desire for point 1 above.

Gary


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RE: Release note suggestions

[Hernan Martinez Foffani <he...@ecc.es>]

C. Michael Pilato escribio:
> Gary Feldman <g1...@marsdome.com> writes:
>> Having just upgraded to 1.1.1, I have two recommendations to make
>> for the release notes:
>> ....
>
> Gary, thanks for the wonderful suggestions.  I've forwarded them to
> the development list on this response so folks there will see them.

Please, add to those subversion's external requirements
(meaning Apache version.)  I know that the Windows installer takes
care of that but it would be nice if the new user can know in advance
what it would need and download all the packages beforehand.

Re: Release note suggestions

["C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net>]

Gary, thanks for the wonderful suggestions.  I've forwarded them to
the development list on this response so folks there will see them.

Gary Feldman <g1...@marsdome.com> writes:

> Having just upgraded to 1.1.1, I have two recommendations to make for
> the release notes:
> 
> 1.  Make them available from the Download page, and maybe the home
> page.    It took me quite a while to find them.
> 
> 2.  Include a compatibility section.  The first question I was asked
> when I scheduled the upgrade was whether users would have to upgrade
> their clients immediately.  I couldn't find an answer to this (but
> since the upgrade on Windows was more or less painless, I just did the
> upgrade anyway - since other developers had been asking for it for
> some time).
> 
> I'm not asking for all clients to be listed, just a section indicating
> the oldest svn command line client that will work with the new server,
> and the oldest server that will work with the new command line
> client. Even when the answer is trivial (i.e. they all work), it
> should be explicitly stated.
> 
> Come to think of it, it should probably also indicate the oldest
> version that doesn't require the database to be dumped.  I know I
> found a statement to that effect somewhere (but it was technically
> wrong, since it just gave a blanket "unnecessary" without allowing for
> the possibility that someone might be upgrading from 0.3 to 1.1.1).  I
> can't find that statement now, which just reinforces my desire for
> point 1 above.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
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