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Does ReactOS deserve this disappointment? NEVER!
 
Does ReactOS deserve this disappointment? NEVER!
  
To show important changes in ReactOS for end users, I decided to prepare changelogs like Wine and Haiku. They explain what they have done, point by point, and I leave happy.
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To show important changes in ReactOS for end users, I first decided to prepare changelogs like Wine and Haiku. They explain what they have done, point by point, and I leave happy. Later on, we are all doing this. Now, with the Community Changelogs, improvement work gets noticed, major fixes (and sometimes apps that started to work) are mentioned, users are shown ReactOS is progressing nicely, devs gain morale... EVERYONE BENEFITS from this effort!
Now, with the Community Changelogs, improvement work gets noticed, major fixes (and sometimes apps that started to work) are mentioned, users are shown ReactOS is progressing nicely, devs gain morale... EVERYONE BENEFITS from this effort!
 
  
 
'''Q: Is it official, and correct?'''
 
'''Q: Is it official, and correct?'''
  
'''A:''' It's unofficial. I prepare this voluntarily, and the community corrects my mistakes, even makes updates. This changelog is carefully prepared by looking at Git commit history, and JIRA bugs.
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'''A:''' It's unofficial, and prepared voluntarily. This changelog is carefully prepared by looking at Git commit history, and JIRA bugs.
  
 
'''Q: Can I/we use it?'''
 
'''Q: Can I/we use it?'''

Revision as of 11:57, 17 April 2018

Q: What is the purpose of these changelogs? There are already official changelogs available!

A: Up to the release 0.3.16, the official changelogs were long, technical and rather boring for the average user. From the release of 0.3.17 things have changed, now only bugfixes are listed from JIRA. This is disappointing! Also, I think official announcements lack some interesting things. Does ReactOS deserve this disappointment? NEVER!

To show important changes in ReactOS for end users, I first decided to prepare changelogs like Wine and Haiku. They explain what they have done, point by point, and I leave happy. Later on, we are all doing this. Now, with the Community Changelogs, improvement work gets noticed, major fixes (and sometimes apps that started to work) are mentioned, users are shown ReactOS is progressing nicely, devs gain morale... EVERYONE BENEFITS from this effort!

Q: Is it official, and correct?

A: It's unofficial, and prepared voluntarily. This changelog is carefully prepared by looking at Git commit history, and JIRA bugs.

Q: Can I/we use it?

A: Yes! Feel free also spread this to news sites, forums... and even your friends!

Q: How can I contribute?

A: See here: How to contribute

You can also discuss in the forum topic.

Q: Who to credit?

A: The Community.

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