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Comment by bhaney

2 days ago

As per industry standards:

v1.4.18 - "Bug fixes and performance improvements"

v1.4.17 - "Bug fixes and performance improvements"

v1.4.16 - "Bug fixes and performance improvements"

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Fogest  2 days ago

Yeah that pretty much describes every big companies release notes. I used to have manual updates in the Google Play store as I enjoyed seeing what was changing. But over time so many companies just started saying things like "Security fixes" and it became a waste of time even bothering to look at them.

And sometimes they do actually add a feature... but they'll mention it within the app itself despite the app updates not mentioning it. Or even more funny is how often I'll see a news article talking about the new feature, but then it never even gets mentioned in the release notes anywhere.

nofunsir  2 days ago

This should be illegal if auto-updates are enabled or eventual updates are forced. Not joking.

Nowhere else in society do we allow such self-serving laziness and unethical negligence (looking at you, purposely destroying backwards compatibility of APIs) at a professional level. Most other professions have steep legal consequences if they hide their actions or inactions.

hulitu  2 days ago

They forget always the "," between "bug" and "fixes".

  • eastbound  2 days ago

    I’m French but… there isn’t a comma, is there? “Fixes” is the main noun, “bug” qualifies the noun. “Fixes of bugs” or “bugfixes” like “weekday” or “storm trooper”. Whether there is a space or not depends on lexicalization, ie whether it feels like one concept. Bugfix is a single concept but “snow patrol” is two; and modern compounds tend to be two separate words, so “bugfix” is only joined in technical environments, maybe not for the broader audience.

    • nofunsir  2 days ago

      Joke lost in translation. He's implying those who engage in these types of nonsense release notes often add bugs instead of fixing them.

3rodents  2 days ago

Perhaps the perfect time to ask: why are release notes like this on the App Store? Are they a required field and this is the default? Does a popular tool use this value?

  • internet2000  2 days ago

    The real answer is this: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/1efubql/im_...

    Not only nobody reads them, but Apple forces you to translate them into languages even less than nobody read. It'd be an improvement if they only required English text.

    • kotaKat  2 days ago

      Meanwhile I see the most bizarre changelogs that I don't understand why Apple approves.

      https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chime-mobile-banking/id8362152...

      "Choose your own update notes adventure! Pick only one: A, B, or C.

      A. The holidays are coming up and we've been busy planning a celebration of bug bashes and performance enhancements, so get merry and smash that update button.

      B. Shorter days, longer nights, colder temps. You know what helps the Winter blues?

      Instant gratification. Tap update, watch that progress bar fill up, and feel the dopamine flow.

      C. Whoever made up the mistletoe thing was crazy. You know what's not? Updating your app."

      This... also serves no useful purpose.

  • nofunsir  2 days ago

    Don't underestimate the effort a software developer will put forth to create mountains of complicated automation and scripts if it allows them to be lazy. And they see no issue with this. So why would they see an issue being accountable for yet another agile cycle.

    Rev number go up!