Versioning: allow citation version display to include date value associated with the version release
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Feature: Metadata
Feature: Publishing & Versions
Type: Feature
Type: Suggestion
User Role: Curator
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- Java
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Description
IFPRI would like to see the version value in citation show the date (year in this case) of the latest version release (V#, year).
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the citation rendering entry point and the code that associates a version with its release date. Trace how the latest version is selected, then confirm that the citation displays the version as V#, year using the latest release year.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100