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version comparison guidance (was Re: self introduction and rel notes advice)



We have ourselves a good ol' fashioned disagreement, backed by a lack of
guidelines and consistency!  Let's have a closer look ...

On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 18:12 -0400, Jason Taylor wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 22:55 -0700, Dale Bewley wrote:
> > 
> > When describing new features of a release, should one describe the
> > improvements between the feature as it existed at F9 release time or as it 
> > exists in the most recent F9 updates? I assume the former. 
> 
> Ideally, it would describe features as they differ from current release in its updated form.

... and ...

On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 19:55 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Dale Bewley wrote:
> 
> > 
> > When describing new features of a release, should one describe the
> > improvements between the feature as it existed at F9 release time or as it 
> > exists in the most recent F9 updates? I assume the former. 
> 
> Release time is what we cover. That is we compare and note down details 
> that is different between Fedora 9 GA and what is expected in Fedora 10 GA.

I would say ... sometimes we do one, sometimes the other, and we haven't
been very strict.

In general, the marketing approach is to talk about GA to GA.  For
documentation, I could see arguments either way.

Dale - great question!  Let's hash it out on list, set the guidance, and
then you'll know.

- Karsten
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