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Subject:Re: Revision History in Readme? From:Scott Turner <sturner -at- airmail -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 29 Dec 2000 10:38:48 -0600
Have you noticed the revision history that accompanies Microsoft Word?
That is a guide.
I would reduce it to two or three revisions past.
Scott
Melanie Shook wrote:
>
> Historically at my company, the readme has included a revision history,
> which lists all of the bug fixes and feature additions ever made. Now that
> the product is becoming more mature, this list is getting extensive.
>
> Is this typically done? This is a consumer product. Is there some value to
> including a revision history that I don't get? (Last time I mentioned
> getting rid of it, the lead developer wanted to keep it, and being new at
> the time, I deferred to his judgment.)
>
> The readme has features and enhancements, anomaly corrections, and known
> issues for the current release or service pack. I would prefer to stick with
> this information and do away with the revision history, but maybe I'm
> missing something.
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