--- On Wed, 8/4/10, Thomas Bullock <tbull...@nd.edu> wrote: > From: Thomas Bullock <tbull...@nd.edu> > Subject: RE: Manual and Guide Versions in the documentation > To: "David T." <sunfis...@yahoo.com>, "John Ralls" <jra...@ceridwen.us> > Cc: "gnucash-devel gnucash" <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 9:40 AM > Thanks for pointing out the lists of changes. I have > scanned the current page and see what you mean. > > It looks like among what is there I could get an idea of > the kinds of changes that occur. A lot of the present > entries mention bug fixes. I hope to identify main > software enhancements, the end results of all the individual > correcting steps. It is certainly a place not to be > overlooked. > > The present pages documents only from version 2.3.7 thru > 2.3.14. I have to review from 2.0.0 to 2.4 (whenever > that is released), so I have a much bigger list. Do > you know where I can get changes listed from 2.0.0 thru > 2.3.6? > > Thanks.
Try http://gnucash.org/oldnews.phtml (it's listed at the very bottom of the main page). > > Tom > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David T. [mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:47 PM > To: John Ralls; Thomas Bullock > Cc: gnucash-devel gnucash > Subject: Re: Manual and Guide Versions in the > documentation > > > > --- On Tue, 8/3/10, Tom Bullock <tbull...@nd.edu> > wrote: > > > From: Tom Bullock <tbull...@nd.edu> > > Subject: Manual and Guide Versions in the > documentation > > To: "John Ralls" <jra...@ceridwen.us> > > Cc: "gnucash-devel gnucash" <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > > Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 2:23 PM > > <<snip>> > > > > Message: 8 > > > > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:50:20 -0700 > > > > From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > > > > Subject: Website Links > > > > Also, the online manual and guide seem to be for 2.0; > it > > should be updated to 2.2. > > > > Regards, > > > > John Ralls > > > > <</snip>> > > > > John, > > > > Your comment raises the question: What is the > > process/method that documentation version reporting > should > > follow? > > > > Looking at the little I have been working on in the > Guide, > > the top-level NEWS module shows a history of version > changes > > ending at version 2.0.1 dated 10/08/2006. Before > that, > > leading up to that point, there is a trail of > version > > changes and implementation dates (I infer) with a > brief > > comment about reason for entry. > > > > Since the documentation seems to be behind > installation of > > new features, is there a way to identify the features > added > > since the last point at which the documentation did > match > > the feature install? If that can be figured out, then > that > > provides a "to-do" list for documentation updates (I > > assume). It also would suggest the order that patches > should > > be added, if documenting in the order of oldest to > newest > > feature first. > > the main Gnucash page (www.gnucash.org) includes release > announcements that include substantial lists of changes from > version to version. I don't know if the lists are > exhaustive, but they are sure exhausting to wade through. > > There may be a better way to get this information, since I > believe it's culled from svn somehow. > > David > > > > > > Your thoughts and anyone else's experience would be > much > > appreciated to define the scope of what is needed. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
