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Comment by oliwarner

These release notes really let Rails down. Crowing on about the number of commits and rationalising decisions is a waste of my time, just explain how it's going to make or ruin my day. Links you'd expect to explain features just take you to source files, not documentation. And a HUGE amount of the changes are actually scattered around in sub-project changelogs.

They should look at Django for some inspiration. Here's their latest beta release notes [1]. It's concise, everything links to relevant documentation with examples, and the entire project's changes are handled on the one page. There's even a list of things to check if you're upgrading.

[1]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11/

parent oliwarner 9 years ago

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