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Current Versions
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:16 pm
by V Suite
Might it be okay to name the new 'previous versions' page 'current versions' since it apparently reports only the latest production and beta versions.
Then when a beta version becomes production, all of the information for the old production version can be moved to the previous 'previous versions' page.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:36 pm
by jordansparks
It's in flux. You'll see how it works in a few days.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:47 pm
by V Suite
Greetings. It seems like a good idea to move 5.3 over to the previous versions page now (since 5.4 is current production version) and rename the new page Current Versions.
By the way, why is that page on a different server please?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:53 pm
by drtech
i think because the bug tracker system is it's own thing
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:32 pm
by V Suite
Hmmm, I thought it was going to be something new compared to the original page. But it seems to be operating the exact same way, except that it only includes from ver 5.3.
So that all the data reported can easily also be reported on the original previous versions page, as well as the new page.
Anyway, if it is a new bug tracker system, shouldn't the original "Previous Versions" page say, "This page is no longer used. Starting with Version 5.3, all the bug fixes are reported on the Bug Tracker page:"
And shouldn't the new page be titled, "Bug Tracker"?
By the way, one error on the new page: "For versions before Version 5.4-5.3, please see the old page:"
The BugTracker is reachable by truncating the new 'Previous Versions' address, so can't the list of changes still appear on the old page, or even using Previous Versions and Current Versions pages separately, and can't there be a direct link to the BugTracker? unless it is not yet open for external traffic.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:49 pm
by jordansparks
I don't think you understand. The "bug tracker" is tables and rows in a database running on our server. I use a tool that I custom built to enter my bugs and changes. I don't use the interface that you see on the bug tracker page. So understand that I now have a very efficient way to enter the changes for each version and that the data goes into a database rather than into a text document. OK, now the new page that you see covers version 5.3 onward because that's the version where we started putting things in the database. That page is autogenerated with no human interaction ever. We made it look like the old one because that's the most efficient approach. But it's a very different page as far as we are concerned.