Roadmap and release notes
Promote feedback to roadmap items, move them through the pipeline, and publish a changelog that notifies the people who asked.
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From post to roadmap item
When you decide to build something, promote the post to a roadmap item. The item keeps a link back to every post that fed it — so when it ships, SignlOS already knows the full list of people to tell. You never maintain that list yourself.
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Open the post and choose Add to roadmap.
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Pick the column.
Planned, In progress, or Shipped. Moving between columns notifies the linked voters.
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Link the other posts that asked for the same thing.
One roadmap item can carry many posts. This is where the merged duplicates pay off.
Publish statuses, not dates
A public roadmap that says 'In progress' ages gracefully. One that says 'March' becomes a broken promise on 1 April, and customers remember the miss far longer than they remember the feature.
Writing a release note
The changelog editor takes a title, a body, and a category. Link the roadmap items or posts the release delivers; that link is what turns publishing into a notification.
- Lead with what the reader can now do, not with what you built.
- Name the thing the way the UI names it, so search inside your product finds it.
- One release note per shipped change beats a monthly digest — the digest arrives too late to be the answer to anyone's question.
Who gets told
| Audience | How they were subscribed |
|---|---|
| Voters on linked posts | They voted. No further action needed. |
| Changelog subscribers | They subscribed on your public changelog. |
| Post subscribers | They followed a specific post without voting. |
Common questions
- Does publishing a release note notify customers automatically?
- Yes. Publishing notifies everyone who voted on the feedback posts linked to that release, plus anyone subscribed to the changelog. There is no separate mailing list to maintain.
- Should a product roadmap be public?
- A public roadmap with statuses and no dates is safe and useful: it answers 'are you working on this' without committing to a delivery date you may miss. Dated public roadmaps are where teams get into trouble.
Something unclear or wrong? Tell us — or post it on our board.