Comment by ancarda | Hacker News Reader

Comment by ancarda | Hacker News Reader

If I open the Play Store on my Android, I see 28 updates pending. Why haven't I hit Update All? Well, lets see what the release notes say (i.e. why should I update):

    New features added and bug fixes.

    Information not provided by developer.

    Bug fixes and enhancements.

    Information not provided by developer.

    (Description makes it clear it will break something for me).

    We're always making changes and improvements :)

    Information not provided by developer.

    (App adds some bullshit AR stuff I don't want or need).

I did update Firefox and Telegram though.

An interesting contrast is that some early access games have very detailed feature and bug fix notes for their releases. As an example here are the release notes for the build versions of 7 Days to Die (Alpha 19).

https://7daystodie.com/a19-official-release-notes

They change notes are very detailed, and voluminous. If you had an issue with a previous build, you can, just by looking at the release notes, see if your issue has been fixed.

Update: I wish I didn't update Firefox as now I can't open about:config

I hate software so much...

This is my issue. How hard is it to add some patch notes? The people who don't care won't read them anyway. It's helpful for the company as well to document their changes, so hopefully someone is doing it internally regardless.

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