Difficult to find the list of new features between versions

[Paul Hoffman]

When deciding if I want to upgrade from one version to another, I need to see a list of the new features in a version. That list is *not* in the release notes (like it is in almost all other software); the release notes only list problems. There should be an easy-to-find list of new features.

[Rafik Elouerchefani (rafik)]

Hello Paul,

It's already there and linked from the release announcement.
( https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-April/000122.html ) :

""" Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview """

You may want to subscribe to the Ubuntu announcements mailing list : https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

[Paul Hoffman (paul-hoffman)]

It is linked from the release announcement, yes; it is not "there", no. The *only* way to find that file that I can see is to subscribe to the ubuntu-announce list; the overview is not linked anywhere else. In particular, it is not even linked from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes, which is the parent page for the overviews.

Please consider putting links on http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes for the overviews, not just the release notes. It seems a tad rude to have marked this bug as "invalid" if the only way to find the release notes is to be subscribed to a mailing list, not by traversing the otherwise-very-useful Ubuntu site.

[Rafik Elouerchefani (rafik)]

> It seems a tad rude to have marked this bug as "invalid" if the only way to find the release notes
> is to be subscribed to a mailing list, not by traversing the otherwise-very-useful Ubuntu site.
I'm sorry for this.
Let's see if the website team can do anything to link more efficiently to the overview page.

[Matthew Nuzum (newz)]

B, thoughts on this? Do we want to highlight "what's better" or continue focusing on "what's great?"

[Matthew Nuzum (newz)]

The way I phrased that comment makes it sound like we should stick with what we have, but I can see use cases (press, long time users, etc) who might like to know "what's better."

[Birgit Oberlerchner (birgit-oberlerchner)]

Gerry Carr - what's your take on this?