[Grammar] Fixes a bug ...

[kadioguy]

(From a change log)

As you can see, the underline parts are in the present simple. Why not in the past simple? Aren't them in the past?

[Related thread: https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/274204-Fix-Fixing-Fixed-a-typo]

 

[tedmc]

That looks like a list of functions which is not time-relevant, so the simplest tense is used.

 

[kadioguy]

That looks like a list of functions which is not time-relevant, so the simplest tense is used.

So what kind of present simple is it? Like this? https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...ee-becomes-first-member-to-submit-5-000-posts

 

[tedmc]

So what kind of present simple is it? Like this? https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...ee-becomes-first-member-to-submit-5-000-posts

That is a chronological list of events which is time-related, whereas the list in your first post is not.
Yours is a list of things (functions), not a narrative.

 

[kadioguy]

Could any native speakers join us?

 

[Rover_KE]

I've liked Ted's posts and have nothing to add.

 

[kadioguy]

That looks like a list of functions which is not time-relevant, so the simplest tense is used.

The early access version adds something, implements something, and fixes something. Those improvements are always there, so the present simple is used.

Can I think of it that way?

 

[Rover_KE]

If you wish.

 

[slevlife]

It is telling you what the changes do when you apply them (present tense) since the changelog is directly attached to the changes, as opposed to what the developers did when writing these changes (past tense). For software logs like this, both styles (present or past tense) are common. There is no right or wrong for this, although if you mixed tenses in the same writeup, that would not be ideal.

 

[Tdol]

It answers the question about what the update does. It might not be past tense yet if you have not added it to your system and are considering whether to do so or not.