Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

Hi, thanks for this work, I think having the notable-change-items also in the status.xml is a good thing because it is easier to remember what changes did happen at the time the changelog is updated compared to when the release is prepared later by one dev who might not be aware that somebody

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

On Fri, 21 Oct 2016, Javen O'Neal wrote: In the meantime, what's the best way to retrieve old release notes? Were they committed to a private or public SVN server? We've been using svnpubsub for dist for a while (2011 IIRC), so you ought to be able to get them from there by asking SVN for the

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

I added the major changes from the 3.15 release notes [1] to the detailed changelog [2] in r1765977 [3]. [1] https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt [2] https://poi.apache.org/changes.html [3] https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision=1765977 We could choose to

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

Sorry, I was aware of that - fixing it fell off my radar. Apologies. On 29/09/16 15:19, Javen O'Neal wrote: > Nevermind. Just need to update the POI homepage to link to release > instead of dev. > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Javen O'Neal wrote: >> The release notes

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

On 29/09/16 15:29, Javen O'Neal wrote: Do we archive the release notes somewhere so that someone can read a high-level summary of the changes for each release? Digging through the dev@ email list archive to find the release notes draft or searching a web archiver of one of the mirrors at a date

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

Do we archive the release notes somewhere so that someone can read a high-level summary of the changes for each release? Digging through the dev@ email list archive to find the release notes draft or searching a web archiver of one of the mirrors at a date in the past seem suboptimal. There is no

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

Nevermind. Just need to update the POI homepage to link to release instead of dev. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Javen O'Neal wrote: > The release notes have not made it to the apache and non-apache > mirrors. The release notes reference "3.15-beta 2" for me. Did the > 3.15

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

The release notes have not made it to the apache and non-apache mirrors. The release notes reference "3.15-beta 2" for me. Did the 3.15 final release notes get published correctly? https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/poi/dev/RELEASE-NOTES.txt On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Javen O'Neal

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

Good point! A one sentence "Apache POI is a Java library for reading and writing Microsoft Office files" should do. We'll add this to our announce template for future releases. On Sep 22, 2016 9:28 AM, "sebb" wrote: > What is the project about? Why should I be interested in

Re: Apache POI 3.15 released

What is the project about? Why should I be interested in it? [rhetorical questions] The Announce emails are sent to people not on the developer or user lists. Most will have no idea what the project is about. So the e-mails should contain at least brief details of what the product does, and some

Apache POI 3.15 released

The Apache POI PMC are pleased to announce the release of Apache POI 3.15. For details of changes in this release, refer to the release notes: https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt Thank you to all our contributors for making this release possible. Some of us will