Re: Role and function of the docs team

[karderio <karderio gmail com>]

Hi :o)

On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 22:25 +0100, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> --- karderio <karderio gmail com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > What do you think about asking devs to maintain
> > their NEWS files ?
> 
> It would be nice if people kept their modules tidy...
> 
> but as I think Shaun pointed out a long time ago, NEWS
> files and Changelogs are not very useful for doc
> writers.
> 
> You have to wade through a lot of 'this bug fixed',
> 'this bit faster' and 'now uses foomatic library'.

The NEWS file should contain only and all user visible changes, exactly
what we are lookig for, I think. The changelog should contain everything
else, such as bugs fixed, optimisations and foobarbaz library info.

Love, Karderio.