Re: NEWS handling

On 8 October 2013 06:46, Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> wrote: > I was wondering how we are supposed to handle NEWS entries when a fix > goes into both branches, PHP-5.4 and 5.5. IIRC we used to add the BFN > only to the lowest numbered branch, but then again that was at times > we had mostly onle one stable release branch... The way I've done it (and it seems like most developers are doing it now) is to add the same entry to each stable branch as I merge upwards, so the 5.4 and 5.5 NEWS files each end up with something like: - Extension: . Fixed bug #12345 (luggage combination is weak). (Adam) I think the bug number really has to be in each branch for the NEWS file to be useful — users need to be able to find out at a glance what's been fixed from 5.5.4 to 5.5.5, for instance. Adam