Where are the release notes?

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Where are the release notes for versions > 20.x.x ?

They used to be published in GitHub (https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/releases or in the CHANGES.md) , sometimes in the blog (https://blog.sentry.io/)

Thanks

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Hi @forzagreen!

Due to the amount of changes in-between versions, even with a monthly cadence, it is not practical for us to have detailed changelogs other than these bare comparison views between releases for now: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/compare/20.7.2...20.8.0

That said we have processes in place to automatically extract new items from CHANGES.md into GitHub release notes and we aim to update CHANGES.md in the coming releases.

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Hmm… I just tried this strategy but I’m getting an error from GitHub that the page is taking too long to load. Are there too many commits or something?

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Yup, too many commits. This used to work so either GitHub reduced their capacity or we increased our throughput.

There is no easy solution for this problem at a product this large being developed at very high velocity. We are looking into solutions but I don’t expect us to implement anything in the coming month or two yet.

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To me, the statement “we are developing a large product at too high a velocity to communicate changes” is a terrifying thing to hear :slight_smile:

Please reconsider - communication is a critical investment in establishing trust!

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We are and it is on our Q3 roadmap! :slight_smile:

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Great to hear! Is the roadmap visible somehow, even if it’s just “issue 21594 is in milestone 2021q3” or something like that?

If I know where to look, I don’t mind looking - I tried search on Github and Sentry.io for “roadmap” and didn’t have any luck; there were a lot of github tags for various roadmap items but none seemed clearly to be the Q3 roadmap.

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That is something we have considered but haven’t put in place yet. Baby steps all the way: first get the basics right, like a proper changelog and then get more :slight_smile:

That said we do announce some upcoming features to get feedback as pinned issues on GitHub and here.

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Thanks Burak! Appreciate the work you’re doing & look forward to seeing release notes come back.

I was on a plane this evening & listened to a Request for Commits podcast from 2016 where David Cramer was talking about the importance of release notes & other open communication with the community in Sentry’s success. An unexpected and happy tie-in to this news from you in 2021 :slight_smile:

Cheers, Chris

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Came here for the same question as OP, leaving rather baffled.

No release notes?! At all?!?

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Yeah it’s embarrassing. We just started our Q3 and bringing back a changelog is our* main focus for the quarter. Embarrassment-driven development! :smiley: Stay tuned!

* Meaning “our team,” the Open Source Team, i.e., me and BYK. :o)

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Good to know you guys are on it. Thanks Chad!