Nils Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I have already mentioned this in another place, but I just wanted to reiterate this here: There really needs to be a changelog for every version that details what has been added, changed, fixed and removed, and most importantly what the breaking changes are and if there are known issues. The bugtracker and the few superficial blog posts that usually get posted are really not adequate for this purpose. Almost every other software I am aware of, both free and paid, does this, and for good reason! I realize this may mean a little additional work on your part, but the lack of a changelog is a huge inconvenience to a lot of your users. I often had to resort to just do an upgrade and then see what issues crop up and what new changes I see on my forums, which is just a horrible way of doing things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutoItScript Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 +1 It's alway nice to be able to point my users at a nice list of new or changed features after a upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakRhyno Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I like this as the feature blog is a good thing it don't really spell out the fine details many people are looking for and the reply with always look in bug reports is more of a hassle when one is trying to find something quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I would just like to bring this topic back, as I still think a change log would be essential. An unsorted 7-page list of bug reports just doesn't cut it. It doesn't tell me what is important and what is just a minor fix, it doesn't tell me what the breaking changes are, it doesn't tell me where the known issues lie and it doesn't tell me what areas have been changed at all. So instead I have to either install the update and hope for the best or manually diff the files to see what has been changed, both of which I would not call good solutions. I really don't understand why this is such a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve00 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Not sure what problem is but a difference report was added to the 3.4.4 release post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 For the templates, yes, but not for the software itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 It is not feasible, nor do we have any plans at this time, to provide diff reports for each release I'm afraid. There are thousands of lines of changed code - 3.4.4 isn't a small patch affecting 2 files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I am not talking about diff reports or anything like that. Having the list of fixed bugs but with some priorities assigned would already be a lot more helpful. Ideally new features would also get tracked through the bug tracker and would show up in that list as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrej Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I am not talking about diff reports or anything like that. Having the list of fixed bugs but with some priorities assigned would already be a lot more helpful. Ideally new features would also get tracked through the bug tracker and would show up in that list as well. http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/bugs.html/_/ip-board/ On the right sidebar choice "Fixed in" 3.4.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I use Araxis Merge (mac/pc) to find files differences then I only upload the changed ones to a copy of production...in case that is what you are trying to find/do ie getting only the changed files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I am not talking about diff reports or anything like that. Having the list of fixed bugs but with some priorities assigned would already be a lot more helpful. Ideally new features would also get tracked through the bug tracker and would show up in that list as well. We provided a link to the list of fixed bugs. We no longer assign priorities. We used to, however we discussed this internally and determined a bug is a bug, what is important to one person is not to another, and vice-versa, so priorities were always very arbitrary and unimportant in the scheme of things. We do try to highlight new functionality. See our 3.4.3 release announcement for instance (new changes in addon apps). There was nothing new to highlight with 3.4.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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