Proposal: Start requiring "code release notes" on a bug-level

[Gervase Markham]

Jouni Heikniemi wrote:
> Processwise, I think approval should be withheld until there is an 
> acceptable proposal for notes available in the bug. It's then finally up 
> to the approver to decide whether information about a certain change 
> should be posted to developers at . It should be the responsibility of the 
> person doing the checkin to make sure the notes actually get posted.

Sounds very sensible.

But I don't think we should confuse this with actual user-facing release 
notes. A note to developers@ making them aware of the change and telling 
them of the impact on them would be very different to a note suitable 
for publication in user-facing release notes.

I say we do the former, but let the latter be compiled at release time, 
as normal (perhaps using the former as source material.)

Gerv