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Software packages are often shipped with changelog and/or release notes. What's the difference between them? Should they be both included with release of a new version?
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Release notes, also known as changelogs, are crucial for the overall release process. They help communicate what has been changed and fixed in the new release, and they also provide essential information to customers on how to use new features and upgrade their systems if required.
A release note refers to the technical documentation produced and distributed alongside the launch of a new software product or a product update (e.g., recent changes, feature enhancements, or bug fixes). It very briefly describes a new product or succinctly details specific changes included in a product update.
Release Notes are usually written by technical writers which are communication documents shared with clients. Release notes also feed the process of end-user documentation, user guide and training materials.
To directly answer your question, you can include both in your software release.
Release notes are a set of documents delivered to customers with the intent to provide a verbose description of the release of a new version of a product or service. These artifacts are generally created by a marketing team or product owner and contain feature summaries, bug fixes, use cases, and other support material. The release notes are used as a quick guide to what changed outside of the user documentation.
Conversely, changelogs are comprehensive lists of the new features, enhancements, bugs, and other changes in reverse chronological order. Changelogs usually link to specific issues or feature requests within a change management system and also may include links to the developer who supplied the change.
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