-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 03:45:29PM -0700, Andrew David Wong wrote: > On 3/27/24 2:57 AM, qubist wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:46:12 -0700 Andrew David Wong wrote: > > > >> ## What's new in Qubes OS 4.2.1? > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> For more information about the changes included [...] > > > > It would be much better to have a more detailed (yet concise) > > changelog. It is highly unlikely that the user will read pages upon > > pages of issues on a bug tracker, just to find out what is new. > > > > My $0.02. :) > > > > The concise changelog is already present, in the part you elided. Unlike > major and minor releases, the primary purpose of patch releases is not to > deliver new features or enhancements worth showcasing. Rather, the primary > purpose is to provide a secure and convenient way for users to install (or > reinstall) the latest stable Qubes release with an up-to-date ISO. > > Imagine if we had a major or minor release, then we didn't have any further > releases for a year. Users who wanted to (re)install Qubes would have to use > a year-old ISO, then immediately catch up on a year's worth of updates, which > could take quite a long time. Moreover, any bugs that affected the > installation or initial update processes themselves might be complete > blockers for some users. A security vulnerability in the update mechanism > could make that initial update risky. > > The purpose of these patch releases is mainly just to move up the "starting > point" so that fresh installations don't have as far to "catch up" before > they're on par with existing, regularly-updated installations. That's why the > main summary of changes is just "all the routine updates you would've gotten > if you had installed 4.2.0 and kept it up to date." Some of these routine > updates will be of interest to some users while being of no interest at all > to most other users. There should rarely be any that are of interest to *all* > users. (Those should usually go in major or minor releases instead.)
With the obvious exception of security patches. - -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) Invisible Things Lab -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEdodNnxM2uiJZBxxxsoi1X/+cIsEFAmYLKVsACgkQsoi1X/+c IsF/+A//UsDrsR/wwgeSJgGgIVkElvB+W4TWMCOsx7NSTjZ4yWXw7e63hOTvVGTo 6tegSUDcfYMUty27KJKSsjc9difhQUuDco/CEvK2DOLDpEKO8IJtHU18+3zrk+0N xweBTXuPD1T/FNbJAH3dKSdSsvXXmcqHW3FW6+q7AsnY3icg6zmdAsnqKVh7dylq b3NwWLva/JOn1sxa214kxJmRkfG53o01jv9QTDviYqmGb0FBJ7P6tXFIp9sEMNlX AqEGHF6Tj0fxQdvml3HlBZT0XZ265e6Th4xVhuA6titwML7HlIZDYu3AZP72u02E NPOOZ29rgrUwTQsNPgDzJe3eAgxEiynOnAiabLSwF4HW8A0yJVgR02Lm46Vr+Npg /LLxrmh4jRurhlpElvwA44nIenKpjprG5wFz48JHhrK+vyktxteyWTdvhE343nZh tQYUEj9hsNscPuiwuNmbxqAhsuNMndhRHAcL/H/r6Sw88NmYj0YiWH7+NtrilVAs Lp9S3oBeSjX+5QaD2abH8KnbjH7VdbynRFK1o3wXwUG/05KkT35RYw7eIojtDbCy QWJpykgJfy50xn97s5Mtm5TvkN5TnE9TQx1UIOia/36IZBwatdPtO/lPZGCpSaDZ 9IF64BucZGcZts2xJnwV0s9VPfPpG9XN4IiB1EZzg6ko0XLrsVA= =HFwF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/ZgspXMfjRaMrx_Zo%40itl-email.
