362016 - Release notes gives a "404: File Not Found" error message on Firefox 3.0a1 (Minefield)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[spacegeek4]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061127 Minefield/3.0a1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061127 Minefield/3.0a1

When you click on "Release Notes" in the help menu on Firefox 3.0a1 you get an error mesage that says 

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"404: File Not Found
/projects/firefox/3.0a1/releasenotes/

We are sorry, the file you requested could not be found.

Please check the spelling and punctuation. Our servers are case sensitive, so also be sure that the address has the correct case. You can use the links on this page or the search Mozilla feature at the top to find the document you were looking for." 
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This does not happen on older versions of Firefox 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to the help menu. 
2.Click on "Release Notes" 
3.See error message


Actual Results:  
I get the error message.

Expected Results:  
I should of seen the Release Notes for Firefox 3.0a1

Comment 1

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Since 3.0a1 is not an actual release there aren't any release notes. But over to the web guys.

Comment 2

[spacegeek4]

Attachment: Screenshot of the bug.

Comment 3

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

--> WONTFIX

trunk/Minefield isn't a real release, so it won't have release notes.

Comment 4

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

*** Bug 362017 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[spacegeek4]

Attachment: The Help and release notes.

Comment 6

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Please do not change the resolution. Minefield is not a release, and therefore, it will not have release notes.

Comment 7

[spacegeek4]

Sorry. Maybe the "Release Notes" icon should link to a page that says "Because 3.0a1 isn't a real release it does not have Release Notes."  

Comment 8

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

I don't see any reason why we can't redirect this to something useful (the minefield default start page?).

Comment 9

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

ok, but it just makes us show http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minefield/ for everything. :(

Comment 10

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Checking in .htaccess;
/cvsroot/mozilla-org/html/projects/firefox/.htaccess,v  <--  .htaccess
new revision: 1.5; previous revision: 1.4
done