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I agree with the author that the changelog may be more important for humans. So instead of having machine readable version numbers, maybe we should focus on hav
by pkz 8y ago
I agree with the author that the changelog may be more important for humans. So instead of having machine readable version numbers, maybe we should focus on having machine readable changelogs where items belong to a predefined taxonomy? Aggregating changelogs from multiple packages would make it easier to see the potential impact on your solution.
- jacques_chester 8y agoI think this is an idea that's in the air: I pitched something similar where I work. A file which tells you information about CVEs patched, bugs fixed, features added. A list of teams affirming it passed their testing. Estimates of installation time. Opinions of necessity, urgency and difficulty. This can, theoretically, be encoded in semver. But why go through that? I can easily publish information at a known endpoint, or bundle it with the package. Lossily compressing information because of the limits of software distribution circa 1988 is silly.