Re: Criteria proposal: remove media part of release notes criterion

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On Tue, 2017-07-04 at 14:23 +0200, Kamil Paral wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 02:12:16PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > Oh, sorry -- I read too quickly and I'm doing too many things at once.
> > > I'd like to consider dropping packaged release notes entirely -- but if
> > > we have them, the should be the right version.
> > 
> > So:
> > 
> > "If branded or generic release notes exist in the release repository,
> > they must up-to-date for the current version. If they are shipped on
> > media, they must match."
> > 
> > Or something like that. Or we could just take the decision to drop
> > packaging them entirely and not bother to mention it.
> > 
> 
> It's not my place to decide whether we want to ship packaged release notes
> or not. But I think the world has changed and almost no one now cares about
> packaged release notes. The internet is today in your pocket and the notes
> are likely to be outdated the day we release them. So if I were to decide
> this, I'd be inclined to remove this criterion completely.
> 
> Of course, Adam's or Matthew's proposal does no harm, so +1 to any of
> those, if you want to go forward with it.

I think a slightly tweaked version of Matt's text is good, as it
doesn't require that we have release notes at all, only that if we *do*
have them anywhere, they not be outdated.
-- 
Adam Williamson
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