# On openHAB documentation and some more

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**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [December 13, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/on-openhab-documentation-and-some-more/160895 "2024-12-13T15:54:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nadahar](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/nadahar/32/194556_2.png) [@Nadahar](https://community.openhab.org/u/Nadahar)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/on-openhab-documentation-and-some-more/160895/15 "2024-12-14T16:02:19Z")

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> [@Ideas and Discussion: What Features Do You Want in openHAB 5.0?](https://community.openhab.org/t/ideas-and-discussion-what-features-do-you-want-in-openhab-5-0/160573/233):
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> Regarding new features added in each mew major version, there is always a blog post published to announce them. This is of course a must to read.  
> Here is where custom tags were announced;

I wasn’t aware, and frankly a “blog” doesn’t really fit well with how I operate. The reason is that I have so many different “projects” that I can’t remember “deviations”.

What typically happens is that I visit OH from time to time, when it fits my “schedule”, and most likely I’ll discover a new version when I run `apt update`. Most likely, it’s a jump of more than one minor version. I then search the net and [openhab.org](http://openhab.org) for a changelog, and don’t find anything. And, that’s the end of that - I never know what as changed, and probably will hold off the upgrade until I have a specific reason to, since I don’t know what will break.

I think a changelog would be very helpful, even though I don’t know how large portion of users are accustomed to this “convention”, it’s what I pretty much completely depend on.

> [@Ideas and Discussion: What Features Do You Want in openHAB 5.0?](https://community.openhab.org/t/ideas-and-discussion-what-features-do-you-want-in-openhab-5-0/160573/233):
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> For users preferring defining items in file, of course, metadata can be set easily in the same line you define your item.

I know, and I do, I was just trying to explain that I don’t consider the whole process as that “simple”, and I suspect that it is too much to keep track of for some.

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