Re: Include Service Pack Release Notes in Online Help?

[dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com]

I've taken to building up release notes, cumulatively, over the life of a 
major revision.  So the 7.2.1 release notes would have separate sections 
for what was added or fixed in 7.2.1, 7.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.2, 7.1, 7.0.1, and 
7.0, for example.  Known issues are collected in a single section whose 
content "rolls" from one release to the next, with newly added issues at 
the top of the list and clearly flagged to get your attention.

Except for the known issues (which roll forward until resolved), I start 
with a clean slate at each major release.  In my example, then, the 8.0 
release notes would have a section on what was added or fixed in that 
release alone.

The 7.2.1 release notes would still be available to customers, though...at 
least until I felt sure I'd moved all the useful information into some 
other document (help, user's guide, white paper, whatever was appropriate).

--David





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