Thread: Updates "What's New" URL

Hi,

I have a patch that updates "What's New" URL to point to the 9.2 release notes (see attached).

One reason I'm commenting on this trivial change is that it is something we do need to remember to do every release.  Perhaps there might be an easier method to update the "What's New" page, perhaps having it point automatically to the new version of the release notes once we release?

On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Dave Page wrote:

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Jonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:

Hi,

I have a patch that updates "What's New" URL to point to the 9.2 release notes (see attached).

Thanks - I've committed and pushed it. The change should show up soon.

Hm, not showing up for me yet, perhaps it's still in varnish?

One reason I'm commenting on this trivial change is that it is something we do need to remember to do every release.  Perhaps there might be an easier method to update the "What's New" page, perhaps having it point automatically to the new version of the release notes once we release?

Doesn't seem unreasonable. 

One alternative thought - we setup something in the docs that's a URL i.e. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-notes/ (or /whats-new/) that just links or redirects to the current release notes.  Perhaps there is some coding magic we can do to find the latest release from that

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Jonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:

On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Dave Page wrote:

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Jonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:

Hi,

I have a patch that updates "What's New" URL to point to the 9.2 release notes (see attached).

Thanks - I've committed and pushed it. The change should show up soon.

Hm, not showing up for me yet, perhaps it's still in varnish?

Fixed now.

 

One reason I'm commenting on this trivial change is that it is something we do need to remember to do every release.  Perhaps there might be an easier method to update the "What's New" page, perhaps having it point automatically to the new version of the release notes once we release?

Doesn't seem unreasonable. 

One alternative thought - we setup something in the docs that's a URL i.e. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-notes/ (or /whats-new/) that just links or redirects to the current release notes.  Perhaps there is some coding magic we can do to find the latest release from that

Well we have the version info in the database iirc. See the Versions model. Patches welcome :-) 

On Sep 25, 2012 7:27 AM, "Dave Page" <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Jonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:
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>> I have a patch that updates "What's New" URL to point to the 9.2 release notes (see attached).
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> Thanks - I've committed and pushed it. The change should show up soon.
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>> One reason I'm commenting on this trivial change is that it is something we do need to remember to do every release.  Perhaps there might be an easier method to update the "What's New" page, perhaps having it point automatically to the new version of the release notes once we release?
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As a first step, did you put it on the wiki page (in the pgweb project) that lists which steps should be made for each major release? Since its something that only happens once a year, and we have to change a bunch of other pages (such as which docs versions exist) then anyway, I think it's acceptable to have it as a manual process. (i won't stand in the way if someone wants to automate it of course...)