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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:01:32 +0200
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To: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] NEWS handling
From: martin.keckeis1@gmail.com (Martin Keckeis)

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Hello togehter,

2013/10/9 Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>

> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net> wrote:
> > On 8 October 2013 06:46, Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> wrote:
> >> I was wondering how we are supposed to handle NEWS entries when a fix
> >> goes into both branches, PHP-5.4 and 5.5. IIRC we used to add the BFN
> >> only to the lowest numbered branch, but then again that was at times
> >> we had mostly onle one stable release branch...
> >
> > The way I've done it (and it seems like most developers are doing it
> > now) is to add the same entry to each stable branch as I merge
> > upwards, so the 5.4 and 5.5 NEWS files each end up with something
> > like:
> >
> > - Extension:
> >   . Fixed bug #12345 (luggage combination is weak). (Adam)
> >
> > I think the bug number really has to be in each branch for the NEWS
> > file to be useful =E2=80=94 users need to be able to find out at a glan=
ce
> > what's been fixed from 5.5.4 to 5.5.5, for instance.
>
> agreed.
>
> I never really liked the "lowest branch" only way, too confusing and
> hard to see what was fixed where.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Pierre
>
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As more or less a "enduser" i have to agree. Writing in both is the easiest
way, to get a "quick" overview what is releavant.

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