I think newbies are far from the people most likely to be looking at version-to-version changelogs in any language.
This is great for those maintaining substantial codebases in the language, though.
The thorough specification process gives lots of warning for the introduction of changes (so you can almost update on release day if you were really so inclined and prepared).
Edit: Though on a re-read, clear, comprehensive newbie friendly documentation is something that (somewhat unrelatedly) Python does have. My bad.
I'm by no means a programming newbie, so maybe this skews what I'm about to say, but I find that reviewing release notes and changelogs is often quite useful while I'm still in the belly of a learning curve. If the project in question has a cohesive vision (big "if"), this can help frame the trajectory of that vision and get you to march in step with the project's state of the art more quickly.
This is great for those maintaining substantial codebases in the language, though.
The thorough specification process gives lots of warning for the introduction of changes (so you can almost update on release day if you were really so inclined and prepared).
Edit: Though on a re-read, clear, comprehensive newbie friendly documentation is something that (somewhat unrelatedly) Python does have. My bad.