1886150 - Version 114 and 115 are missing for Thunderbird-related products

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

After bug 1879585, version numbers 115 is missing for Thunderbird-related products in bugzilla. Version number 114 is also missing I believe after the prior cleanup.

A result of bug 1877294 which deletes "old" version numbers? It seems a bit too aggressive, especially as a) 115 is still an active prior esr, b) "recent" versions can discovered to have regressions, and labeling such bugs with accurate version number is helpful to identifying and tracking regression activity.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

With some fluctuation of the number of versions between esr exceeding 10 (115 to 128 for example), perhaps the threshold of deletion of versions should be raised from 10 to 15? But removing tracking flags agressively is fine.

Regarding Thunderbird (Mailnews Core, Thunderbird, Calendar, Chat Core), unlike Firefox it has been undermaintained for many years, so I think I would like to see versions not being removed until the bug backlog is more adequately addressed. Then we could remove old versions in bulk in the future?

Comment 2

[David Lawrence [:dkl]]

(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #0)

After bug 1879585, version numbers 115 is missing for Thunderbird-related products in bugzilla. Version number 114 is also missing I believe after the prior cleanup.

I can definitely change the value to 15 as the value 10 was arbitrary and not well thought out it seems now. Also, the old versions are not 'deleted' completely, they are just disabled. So all bugs will still have the old version that currently have it. You just wouldn't be able to move a bug to the disabled version or file a new bug using it.

A result of bug 1877294 which deletes "old" version numbers? It seems a bit too aggressive, especially as a) 115 is still an active prior esr, b) "recent" versions can discovered to have regressions, and labeling such bugs with accurate version number is helpful to identifying and tracking regression activity.

Currently the admin UI is not set up to allow for selecting which products to NOT disable the old version. It just does it for all products which a new version will be added. I can figure out the best way to update the UI to accommodate that or just hardcode it to not happen for Thunderbird. In the meantime, right after a new release is added, I can go back and re-activate the disabled version/milestone for just the Thunderbird product and it will be left alone in the future.

Let me know which versions I can go back and re-activate now for Thunderbird and I will take care of it.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Thanks

From Thunderbird afaict only 114 and 115 are missing.
From Calendar, everything prior to 115 is missing
From MailNews Core, everything prior to 116 is missing. Prior versions are needed.
From Chat Core, everything prior to 116 is missing - but this product is likely to go away and I don't know what was there prior. Suggest just enable 115.

Comment 4

[David Lawrence [:dkl]]

(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #3)

Thanks

From Thunderbird afaict only 114 and 115 are missing.
From Calendar, everything prior to 115 is missing
From MailNews Core, everything prior to 116 is missing. Prior versions are needed.
From Chat Core, everything prior to 116 is missing - but this product is likely to go away and I don't know what was there prior. Suggest just enable 115.

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