14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently confirmed that Windows 10 updates do not receive a change log unless they include something really worth mentioning, so small hotfixes and performance improvements will come directly to your system without any information.
While that could make sense for Microsoft, it doesn't for those who need to install these updates, so a new post on the Windows UserVoice page tries to make people at the software giant aware that change logs are critical to users.
Right now, this suggestion, which was posted on August 25, has a little over 400 votes, but it's expected to get a lot more in the coming days and weeks, especially as Microsoft provides us with more patches without any release notes.
“Let us know about every fix”
The submission does make sense, especially because it explains that system administrators need to be well aware of the problems that are fixed in each update. At the same time, it could also help consumers, because the same bugs that are fixed won't be submitted to Microsoft again and again after an update.
“It would be more appropriate to include information on what non security items were fixed in each release so we can assure ourselves that what bugs we are seeing are being resolved and we no longer need to report these issues. It will also be an enticement to install updates as we will know exactly what was fixed in each patch,” the feedback suggestion reads.
There's no doubt that release notes come in handy to everyone, so it's very odd to see Microsoft provide them only for big updates. The recent cumulative updates for Windows 10, for instance, only came with very short change logs, despite bringing quite important improvements under the hood.
Obviously, Microsoft hasn't yet offered another statement on this, but depending on the number of votes this suggestion receives, we might see a change in this approach very soon.