[ZWeb] http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/ release sorting

[Michael Haubenwallner]

Tim Peters wrote:
> [Michael Haubenwallner]
> 
>>The currently on zope.org installed version of 'CMFPackage' simply
>>reverse sorts the container swpackages on the version string,
>>thus creating some unexpected results which has led to user requests in
>>the past.
>>
>>Does anyone object to (or has knowledge of problems with) changing the
>>Version strings in a way that makes the listing look 'more' appropriate ?
> 
> 
> I did that for old ZODB releases late last year.  For example,
> 
>     http://www.zope.org/Products/ZODB3.1
> 
> The listing made a lot more sense then, but had the unwanted side
> effect of changing the "last modified" column to 2004-11-06 for all
> final releases in the ZODB 3.1 line.  It's not good (IMO) to lose the
> original release date, but better that leaving the recent releases
> near-impossible to find (incl. having the "Latest Release" blurb in
> the upper right name an ancient release!).
> 

I found that it is possible to use CMFRelease.setVersion() - protected 
by ModifyPortalContent - to set the version string without changing the 
ModificationTime of the object.

I have already created and tested a form and a script to change the 
version string on existing SWRelease objects.

> 
>>I suppose that between 20 and 50 SWPackage objects need to be touched.
>>Rules for changing the version-strings would be discussed/tested here
>>before modification.
> 

Here is the listing of versions/urls from current /Products/Zope:
http://www.zope.org/Members/d2m/test/ProductsZope_now

After changing (almost all) version strings the listing looks like so:
http://www.zope.org/Members/d2m/test/ProductsZope_then

I used:
- 3 digit version numbers
  + ' a1',' a2',' b1',' rc1',... for alpha,beta and rc releases
  + '-final' for the released version
- '+Hotfix: YYYY-MM-DD ' prefix for the hotfixes

What do you think ?

Michael

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