Changelog inclusion in new DDA releases?

Ratha · 2013-03-13T12:03:04.000Z

The Darkling Wolf recently mentioned that he was keeping a text of changes as they were being made, is there any chance we could see the inclusion of this into new builds of the game, especially now that theres a version naming scheme in place? I ask in part because the announcement threads for releases have been a little light on the details, and always find that reading the change logs helps sort out the confusion about features being added/changed/disabled as well as helping to keep informed on which bugs have been fixed.

kenoxite · 2013-03-13T12:17:48.000Z

It’d be nice to have that. Meanwhile you can check from time to time the commits to the github: https://github.com/TheDarklingWolf/Cataclysm-DDA/commits/master or subscribe to its feed: https://github.com/TheDarklingWolf/Cataclysm-DDA/commits/master.atom

The_Darkling_Wolf · 2013-03-13T12:35:00.000Z

Changelog has been added. If we can get everyone else to update it when they add something new, it should be a really easy way to see what’s been updated without digging through commits.

AseaHeru · 2013-03-13T14:28:35.000Z

I wonder, can we get information when a new version is out on the main page?

Ratha · 2013-03-13T22:00:38.000Z

That sounds great, Thanks Darkling Wolf. Guess we will just have to hope that everyone uses it.

AseaHeru: you mean something like a news log and or history of releases? Or something that combines a news log with the changes since last version? Updates to the main might be useful, it seems slightly underutilized at the moment, but as far as i know, the announcements forum should update when a new release happens.

General idea for a mockup of news / release history on the front page:

Mar 05, 2013 - Cataclysm DDA v0.2 Released
… Overview of the big additions or changes and new features
… New things added
… Click here for complete changelog

Feb 26, 2013 - Cataclysm DDA v0.1 Released
… Changes made
… Bugs rendered unhappy
… Other notes of interest or possible bug warnings

Fengferth · 2013-03-13T22:06:36.000Z

Ay, that would be much appreciated. It’ll make covering updates in my commentary much easier rather than guessing them

KA101 · 2013-03-14T23:55:15.000Z

And it would have tipped me off to rather a few sneaky changes that I’d rather see discussed openly–chiefly the CBM-splitting–but no matter. The 02 Feb version is still interesting and follows the wiki pretty accurately.