Linux kernel changes on the release notes

[Karsten Wade]

On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 14:30 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
> 
> The network section on the release notes 
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Networking) documents some of 
> the major changes between kernel revisions but these are already nicely 
> documented at http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. I added this 
> link to the relevant section already but maybe we should not duplicate 
> this information within the release notes unnecessarily?

It is an interesting question that dovetails into something that I was
thinking about this morning:

How online can we go with our release notes?  How far _should_ we go?

On-system documentation is very valuable, that is, manual and info
pages.  What role do the release notes play in on-system documentation?
Can/should they be useful in a non-network situation?

The release notes can give a location to list bugs fixed, bugs known,
and latest information that could not make it into package
documentation.  Should it do that?

A release notes is a snapshot in time of documentation that is about a
snapshot in time of code development.  It seems to me a natural place to
duplicate all manner of external content that pertains to that snapshot.
Package change lists, bug reports, and content pulls from various
location can be automated.

- Karsten
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