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by adastra22 825 days ago
The release notes are great btw. Usually if I’m doing something for the first time I look it up in the bevy cheat book, get something that doesn’t work (because it’s two or three versions out of date), then check the intervening release notes. Usually there’s enough direction to figure it out.
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They're so, so much work. Carefully going over the log, and patiently explaining / showcasing and contextualizing them is even more work than writing docs for the same feature, since you don't have the API to help structure things.

I'm glad it pays off! Seeing them come together makes my day every time, even when I'm writing half of it.

Oh, I know! I’m a maintainer of another open source project and the release notes are such a chore. For the quality of Bevy’s I could easily see it being a full time job, albeit a mostly thankless one. So thank you for the effort you’ve put in!
And I know so many people who think you could automate them from commit messages. Hell, no!