254388 - easyGestures extension display has changed to an older version

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[Laeb]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040729 Firefox/0.9.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040729 Firefox/0.9.1+

The right version was 2.10 until today ! It is now listed as version 2.7.2 and
in the page displaying all releases, versions are presented in a wrong order:
2.7.2 then 2.7.1 then 2.10. Version 2.10 should be first !

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Wolf [:wolf]]

Well, the previous behavior you were seeing was a bug.. Update was picking your
lowest version, instead of what it saw as newest, it just happened to be right
in this case. That bug (Bug 248919) was fixed today. I realize your intent is 2
point 10.. but that's not how it's seen. Update sees it as 2.7.2 being greater
than 2.10. A natural sort order would probably fix this, instead of the typical
mathmatical sort being used,  but after searching the MySQL documentation, I
don't see that MySQL 4.0 supports natural sorting.

So, the order is correct, just not what you were expecting.
--> invalid.

Comment 2

[alanjstr]

Sort by Date descending, not version, please.

Comment 3

[Wolf [:wolf]]

The order is by version, because date desending is not reliable. What's to stop
a lesser version from being added later? ;-)

--> invalid.

Comment 4

[Laeb]

So the problem won't be fixed ?

Comment 5

[Laeb]

This can't be classified as Invalid ! It's a real bug and not an original
behavior that i "expected" because i'm just using FVF
(http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/extensions/update.html).

Anyways, to fix the problem for now, could you delete any references to
easyGestures 2.71 and 2.72 so that the latest version and any future one would
be displayed correctly ?
 

Comment 6

[Jed B]

Laeb.
I've deleted all references to EasyGestures and re-submitted 2.10
For some odd reason I couldn't successfully delete the other references without
wiping out the 2.10 listing.

So as of now, it's in the queue and should appear in the next few days.
Sorry for the hassle. As for the bug issue, that is for Wolf to handle.

Comment 7

[Laeb]

Thank you Jed, it's ok !

Comment 8

[Nicolas Moreau]

(In reply to comment #1)
> but after searching the MySQL documentation, I
> don't see that MySQL 4.0 supports natural sorting.
> 
> So, the order is correct, just not what you were expecting.
> --> invalid.

What about using the version_compare php function to the array 'returned' by the
mysql query ?
http://fr.php.net/manual/en/function.version-compare.php

Comment 9

[Wolf [:wolf]]

I'm not seeing anything in the Firefox Version Format saying that 2.10 should be
greater than 2.7. (If there is and I've missed it, reopen this bug.) I
understand that it's unexpected when you're thinking of it as 2 point 10. but
that's math for you. :-/
My only suggestion has already been done (remove the old versions), and the 2.10
version should be back on the site.

Comment 10

[Laeb]

Wolf,
Firefox Preview Release will be internally called 0.10...So after version 0.9
comes 0.10 according to Firefox developers. This suggests that any version x.10
is greater than version x.9. even if it has not been explicitly explained in the
FVF.

So, i think you're wrong in resolving this bug as invalid but it's up to you to
decide if yes or no you want to work on it.

Thank you anyway for the changes made: the right version (an only version) is
now listed correctly.

Comment 11

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

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