#32431 closed Cleanup/optimization (fixed)
Consider listing the history of security issues in reverse chronological order
| Reported by: | Jaap Roes | Owned by: | Hasan Ramezani |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Ready for checkin | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description
Because of the recent CVE fix I was searching Google for "django cve" which brought me to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/.
This is a super helpful page, except that the most recently fixed (an therefore most relevant) security issues are listed all the way at the bottom of the page. I would expect them to be at the top of the page.
Change History (8)
comment:1 by , 4 years ago
| Easy pickings: | set |
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| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
comment:2 by , 4 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:3 by , 4 years ago
I just noticed the footer on that page links to the release notes of Django 0.95. I guess this is automatically added by Sphinx, but it is somewhat strange as well. Would moving the Security releases section on https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/ to the top "fix" that link? It would also make the security release page slightly more discoverable.
comment:4 by , 4 years ago
| Has patch: | set |
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I've created a PR and moved Issues under Django's security process to the top and Issues prior to Django's security process to the bottom.
Also, I used a small python script to reverse the order of entries.
Jaap
I just noticed the footer on that page links to the release notes of Django 0.95. I guess this is automatically added by Sphinx
Yes, it's added by Sphinx.
Would moving the Security releases section on https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/ to the top "fix" that link?
Yes, By this change, the release index page will be the previous page of the Security Issues page.
Carlton, Shall we go for this change as well?
comment:5 by , 4 years ago
I don't think we should move the Security Releases section to the top.
The vast majority of our users are looking for the latest release, by series, be they security or not, and not the list of security issues.
That 0.95 is the previous page in the docs is just how it is (for me) — not a biggie.
comment:6 by , 4 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Accepted → Ready for checkin |
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Hey Jaap, OK yes, I guess :) (I've half thought this myself at times so...)
(Probably out of scope but: I wonder if some Sphinx extension would let us have a sprinkle of JS to adjust the order dynamically? 🤔)