rubygems/rubygems.org — Issue #365: Version release notes
Author: laserlemon
Created: 2011-11-07 21:14:33+00:00
State: open
Labels: feature

Has there been any consideration for release notes attached to gem versions? @bryckbost and I have been talking it over recently and think there's a lot of value in an optional description attached to a new version release. Semantic versioning can only relay so much regarding the impact of a new version (and not everybody uses semantic versioning). A summary of the changes between versions would prove very useful to the gem's users.

As a bonus, a release note could be required when yanking a gem version. Providing the reason behind yanking a version would give a lot of insight into what action should be taken by those gems and projects that depend on that yanked version. Bundler could even (eventually) provide a meaningful message when trying to bundle a yanked gem version.

Thoughts? I am very willing to help out with implementation.