470331 - Sumo links to Firefox 2.0.0.14 release notes on every page

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

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

Description

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

On each page of Sumo, you get large block of links at the bottom (too much IMHO). One of them links to "Release Notes", which still points to Firefox 2.0.0.14 release notes, probably the latest at the point the site built up. 

It should point currently to 3.0.5 release notes, and should be updated with every release. 


Current source code has the following line. I guess it is retrived from a db, since I'm unable to locate this string on the SVN.

<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/2.0.0.14/releasenotes/">Release Notes</a></li>

Comment 1

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Oops; good catch!

Is there a symlink on mozilla.com to the latest releasenotes that we can point to rather than having to push a new template update every release?

Comment 2

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Nope, but you could technically pull product-details in and get the current version that way...

Comment 3

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

I will be very happy if we will set-up a webservice on mozilla.org/mozilla.com which can point to the latest versions of every product. In fact, I am looking for something like this to put on our locale website.

Comment 4

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Can we add a symlink? It seems like the easiest solution. 

E.g. webroot/firefox/latest -> webroot/firefox/3.0.5

...meaning our link here would be http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/latest/releasenotes/

Comment 5

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

Not the ideal solution, but I see that it is possible to pull https://svn.mozilla.org/libs/product-details/firefoxDetails.class.php, and than find the latest version (optional - for each locale of sumo show the latest version available for that locale). I think this is how it done on www.mozilla.com.

Still, symlinks will may require some changes in mozilla.com, but will be much better for this.

Comment 6

[E. Cooper [:ecooper]]

Attachment: Updates release notes link to current

Just here in case a more sustainable route isn't decided on before the 0.8.1 freeze on the 23rd (I think).

Having a /firefox/latest/releasenotes/ makes sense.

Comment 7

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Reed, any comments re comment 4? Otherwise, let's check Eric's short-term patch in for 0.8.1.

Comment 8

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

(In reply to comment #7)
> Reed, any comments re comment 4? Otherwise, let's check Eric's short-term patch
> in for 0.8.1.

Pretty sure we're not going to do a symlink. You should be using product-details and just pulling the LATEST_FIREFOX_VERSION variable. I realize there could be better ways, but that's what we have to work with at this moment.

Wil, any thoughts?

Comment 9

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

I think we should place a redirect script using mod_rewrite in the site, as done with the latest/ subdirectory on the download server. I can contribute the code of no one else will do it (we should discuss on that in another bug, I guess).

Comment 10

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

(In reply to comment #9)
> I think we should place a redirect script using mod_rewrite in the site, as
> done with the latest/ subdirectory on the download server. I can contribute the
> code of no one else will do it (we should discuss on that in another bug, I
> guess).

Ah, interesting thought. Ok, file a bug under Websites :: www.mozilla.com. I'll support that plan unless clouserw objects.

Comment 11

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Having a /latest/ URL works for me and we can just redirect to LATEST_FIREFOX_VERSION.  If that's all it wfm.  If Tomer is talking about the feed we talked about online I don't think mozilla.com is the place for it.

Comment 12

[Nelson Ko [:nkoth]]

Comment on attachment 353771 [details] [diff] [review]
Updates release notes link to current

this has been committed to r21442/r21443

Comment 13

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED:

http://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ links to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0.5/releasenotes/