Let's bring the "New and Noteworthy" page back! If we start now we might have one ready by the time of the release!
I'd do the Gradle section, I guess my ANTLR work in this release is not that interesting for the public. On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:29 AM Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had the same thought. But wasn't sure if that is a good idea since the > compact nature of release notes can be a feature in itself. > > The release highlights (new-and-noteworthy as NB used to call the page) > with screenshots and clips is more something for blogs/wikis I believe. > > -mbien > > > On 24.01.23 20:22, Eirik Bakke wrote: > > I think screenshots might help a lot in creating more appealing Release > Notes. Often, screenshots from the PR can be reused. And we can always > encourage people to attach screenshots in PRs when relevant. > > > > -- Eirik > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:28 AM > > To: Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> > > Cc: dev@netbeans.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Better release notes for NB17 - the Highlight label > > > > On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 16:11, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We can manually group the changes a bit better in the final release > >> notes - just like Laszlo did with the Editor category of NB 16. Since > >> its often that multiple PRs when taken together would create a > >> noteworthy change. > > Agreed! Although this is also how we (OK, mainly Geertjan! :-) ) > highlight things on the download pages, blog posts, social media posts, etc. > > > > Compare eg. https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb120/index.html and > https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb16/ > > > > The former was definitely becoming burdensome, but the latter is > possibly not enough. > > > >> FlatLAF update PR quietly introduces a new theme (highlight label > worthy): > >> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/5298 > > ... > >> (some?) PHP 8.2 support - but the PRs are already nicely grouped in > >> that category > > Good list! :-) > > > >> but tbh as someone who is often going around and labels PRs, I am > >> already glad when they are labeled at all :) I am not really thinking > >> about release notes at this point in the dev cycle. > > Tell me about it! That's kind of the issue, along with grouping, where > maybe the highlight label is not the right way to do this? > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Neil > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
