Re: Suggestion: linkify revnums and issues in the CHANGES file

Stefan Sperling wrote:
> I don't think many people follow these references when reading CHANGES.
[...]
> I believe a short note at the top of the file which explains how to
> resolve these references would be sufficient. Something like this maybe:
>
> To view a revision listed in change log entries below, visit:
> https://svn.apache.org/rXXXX [...]

That's a good start (let's do it), but it feels unprofessional and backward to me to not provide linked information in a software project in this century. It is one of many little things that together add up to a poor usability, and I would like to improve the usability of the project as a whole, and this is one way to do so.

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- Julian