Information processing apparatus for efficiently informing information associated with update details of software and control method thereof

Abstract

A plurality of pieces of update information each of which describes modification details from an immediately preceding version for a plurality of updates made for same software are analyzed. Information to be informed and that not to be informed are determined from all the modification details described in the plurality of pieces of update information, and the information to be informed is informed. For example, modification details associated with an issue, which occurred and was fixed in the middle of the plurality of updates, can be determined as the information not to be informed.

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         9 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a memory, which, when a plurality of updates are made at a time to software, stores a plurality of pieces of update information for the plurality of updates, each of the pieces of update information describing modification details from an immediately preceding update; and   a processor programmed to function as:
 a determination unit, which determines, for each of the modification details described in the pieces of update information, whether or not a user is to be notified, by analyzing the pieces of update information, and 
 a generation unit, which generates difference information that includes at least one modification detail determined to be notified to the user, and that does not include a modification detail not determined to be notified to the user. 
   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the determination unit determines a modification detail relating to a modification is not to be notified to the user if the modification was added to the software in an update and then removed from the software in a later update. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 ,
 wherein, in each of the pieces of the update information, a version identifier, the modification details, and a function identifier used to identify a function in the software are associated with each other, and   wherein the generation unit generates the difference information for each function in the software by analyzing the pieces of the update information for the functions in the software by referring to the function identifiers.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein, if modifications for a function have been made in some updates of the plurality of updates, the determination unit determines that only a latest modification detail for the function is to be notified to the user. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the processor is programmed to function as a display controller unit, which controls a display device to display the difference information generated by the generation unit. 
     
     
         14 . A control method of an information processing apparatus that includes a programmed processor and a memory, which, when a plurality of updates are made at a time to software, stores a plurality of pieces of update information for the plurality of updates, each of the pieces of update information describing modification details from an immediately preceding update, the processor performing steps of the method comprising:
 determining, for each of the modification details described in the pieces of update information, whether or not a user is to be notified, by analyzing the pieces of update information; and   generating difference information that includes at least one modification detail determined to be notified to the user, and that does not include a modification detail not determined to be notified to the user.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for a control method of an information processing apparatus that includes a programmed processor and a memory, which, when a plurality of updates are made at a time to software, stores a plurality of pieces of update information for the plurality of updates, each of the pieces of update information describing modification details from an immediately preceding update, the control method being performed by the processor by executing the program, and the control method comprising steps of:
 determining, for each of the modification details described in the pieces of update information, whether or not a user is to be notified, by analyzing the pieces of update information; and   generating difference information that includes at least one modification detail determined to be notified to the user, and that does not include a modification detail not determined to be notified to the user.