[josm-dev] Creating a user-friendly changelog for tested release

[Josh Doe]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Simon Legner <simon.legner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 30/01/12 15:07, Josh Doe wrote:
>> I would suggest that we create a single set of changes between each
>> tested release, separating the changes by major/minor enhancements,
>> and major bugs (leaving minor bugs to be found via tickets). I believe
>> this would be more helpful for users rather than seeing a long list of
>> major changes (but missing some minor ones), without any visual
>> demarcation telling them what has changed from the version they're
>> using to the last tested.
>
> I like this idea as it provides more insight to JOSM development for
> casual users.  Furthermore, I always like to read a list of new features
> of any product.
>
> For this reason, I've created a wiki page:
> http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Changelog  For the most recent stable
> release, I went through the commit messages and put together a list of
> (in my opinion) interesting changes.  Note that the classification is
> subjective, and feel free to add/remove/move any item.

I've created a similar page for plugins, as their changes have very
little visibility aside from the massive (in scope) OSM SVN log:
http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Plugin%20changelog

I organized by month since there's (currently) no concept of tested
released for plugins; if there are better ideas please let us know.
Help to expand this is greatly appreciated.
-Josh