[Freeipa-devel] FreeIPA 4.1.3 release notes draft

[Petr Vobornik]

On 02/19/2015 03:51 PM, Martin Kosek wrote:
> On 02/17/2015 08:26 AM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> On 02/16/2015 05:13 PM, Petr Vobornik wrote:
>> ...
>>> Q: The same upgrade instructions are copied from release to release. Shouldn't
>>> we rather move them into separate page which would contain the upgrade steps?
>>> Listed by releases which introduced them.
>>
>> I think that release notes could simply just contain the link to the Upgrade
>> page on FreeIPA.org. I would only list special information in the upgrade
>> section if there is an important change to upgrade or a migration needed (as
>> with DNS Forward zones).
>>
>> This way, with information copied around, I do not think people read it anyway.
>> Also, I think there is still the wrong order of upgrade tools mentioned in some
>> release notes.
>>
>> Potentially, same with Feedback - it could just link to
>> http://www.freeipa.org/page/Contribute#Communication
>>
>> Though this is not that critical, given it's short length.
>>
>> Martin
>
> No objections? If this is the case, we can just create the Upgrade page and
> start just referencing it.

new page: http://www.freeipa.org/page/Upgrading

it's linked from http://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.1.3 and 
http://www.freeipa.org/page/Downloads#Upgrading

>
> Regarding 4.1.3, I do not really like the bug fixes/enhancements texts - this
> are just patch names, people without deeper knowledge will not be able to
> understand what we actually fixed.
>
> I.e., I would rather change:
>
> "winsync: fixed password sync" --> "PassSync plugin could not update
> synchronized users due to too strict access control"

Text improved.

>
> Martin
>
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Petr Vobornik