Editing Release notes (section)

{{Short description|Document listing software changes}}
{{External links|date=March 2022}}
'''Release notes''' are documents that are distributed with [[software product]]s or hardware products, sometimes when the product is still in the development or test state (e.g., a [[Development stage#Beta|beta]] release).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Change Log Concepts (GNU Coding Standards)|url=https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Log-Concepts.html#Change-Log-Concepts|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.gnu.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Scott|first=James|date=2020-04-24|title=The art of writing great release notes|url=https://uxdesign.cc/the-art-of-writing-great-release-notes-6607e22efae1|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> For products that have already been in use by clients, the release note is delivered to the customer when an update is released. Another abbreviation for Release notes is ''[[Changelog]]'' or ''Release logs'' or ''Software changes'' or ''Revision history'' ''Updates or README file''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Releases (GNU Coding Standards)|url=https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Releases.html#index-README-file|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.gnu.org}}</ref> However, in some cases, the release notes <u>and</u> changelog are published separately. This split is for clarity and differentiation of feature-highlights from bugs, change requests ([[Change request|CRs]]) or improvements on the other side.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Version History - English - Knowledge Base|url=https://kb.i-doit.com/display/en/Version+History|access-date=2021-10-10|website=kb.i-doit.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=56508 - Zynq-7000 SoC, 14.6 FSBL - Is there a changelog?|url=https://support.xilinx.com/s/article/56508?language=en_US|website=[[Xilinx]] Support Keyword Search}}</ref>