[Bug 42777] New: Remove static list of obsolete stable versions from the test submission form

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42777

Bug ID: 42777
           Summary: Remove static list of obsolete stable versions from
                    the test submission form
           Product: WineHQ Apps Database
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: appdb-unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

The AppDB test submission form was originally designed to only display the 6
most recent releases because test reports for development versions older than
that are not useful.

When the stable branch was first added, updates to that branch were very
infrequent, and users were sometimes unable to submit test reports for the most
recent stable release because it had dropped off the list (bug 15419). To fix
that, a static list of stable releases to always display was added to
config.php.sample. This list could only be updated by sending patches, and as a
result, has always been poorly maintained.

With the 1.8.x series, updates to the stable branch became frequent enough that
the latest stable version always appeared as one of the 6 most recent versions.
1.8. was never added to the static list, and no one noticed.

With the stable branch now on a roughly bimonthly release schedule
(https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2017-March/116943.html), there is
no reason to maintain the static list going forward, as the latest stable
version will always be one of the 6 most recent versions. The versions already
on the list are all obsolete, and should be deleted.

[Bug 42777] Remove static list of obsolete stable versions from the test submission form

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42777

Rosanne DiMesio  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
      Fixed by SHA1|                            |bf1051d5bf311ae44fe236f62fd
                   |                            |b99a7823c5f91
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
Fixed.

[Bug 42777] Remove static list of obsolete stable versions from the test submission form

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42777

Rosanne DiMesio  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #2 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
Closing fixed AppDB bugs.

[Bug 42777] Remove static list of obsolete stable versions from the test submission form

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42777

Robert Walker  changed:

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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #3 from Robert Walker  ---
Created attachment 60270
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=60270
WineHQ AppDB - version selection dialog

This solution has some issues. Wine release candidate versions - that are not
tracked by Wine Staging - mean that the latest Wine Staging release can drop
off the list of available versions (see screenshot). At the time, of this
screenshot, the latest Wine Staging version is 2.21 - which is no longer on the
list of available versions...

[Bug 42777] Remove static list of obsolete stable versions from the test submission form

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42777

--- Comment #4 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
This bug was about the stable versions, not staging. The latest stable version
will always be on the list so long as the current release schedule is
maintained.

The issue with staging is new, and IMO, the problem is not in the AppDB, it is
in the failure of the staging maintainers to update that branch.