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Subject:Re: Frequent Interim Software Releases From:Linda Merrifield <MerrLJ -at- CITA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 May 1997 10:27:51 -0500
>Melinda Carr asks:
>
>1) Are frequent releases common in other software companies? Is this more
normal for a small company than a large one? We do have frequent
releases and updates. All of our manuals are in frame and published in
>3-ring binder format. We send replacement pages for all doc. updates.
>
>2) What is the best way to handle documenting these changes? Should we
>print one version of the manual for each main (e.g., 3.0, 4.0, etc.)
>version of the software and then leave everything else in the readme and
>helps? Oftentimes changes are not limited to new features--a current
>feature might change or options might be added to existing dialog boxes.
My guess is the users won't look at the readme's.
>
Linda Merrifield
Senior Technical Writer
Citation Computer Systems mailto:merrilj -at- cita -dot- com
314-579-7900, ext. 4961
Any comments or statements made are not necessarily those of Citation
Computer Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates.
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