Re: need help

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 07.11.2016 um 15:35 schrieb David Sumbler:
>> On Sun, 2016-11-06 at 11:28 +0100, Malte Meyn wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 06.11.2016 um 11:25 schrieb David Sumbler:
>>>>
>>>> How do I find out what changes have been made between (for
>>>> instance)
>>>> 2.19.48 and 2.19.49?
>>> You could read the commit messages in the git log: 
>>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/log/
>> 
>> Well, I could read them, and I have now done so.  But most of it makes
>> little sense to me!
>> 
>
> Which is perfectly understandable, but unfortunately it's the only way
> to find what you're looking for (IISC). The Changes document always
> refers to the latest stable version.

Not really.  While most effort in filling in missing pieces is invested
before a stable version, it really should be kept up-to-date even
throughout development.

> Maybe it would be a good thing to have the Changes document either
> structured by unstable release (so one immediately can access the
> "release notes" for, say, 2.19.45) or each item tagged by its release
> number? This would probably need some organization overhead but might
> be useful for users?

Not really.  We don't really want people to use old development versions
so there is little incentive to detailing when what appeared.

-- 
David Kastrup