[JENKINS-17579] Limit number of entries in "Previous release versions" section

I was wondering if it's possible to limit the number of entries in the "Previous release versions" section when opening up a form in a release job. In our case we don't discard old builds and we're up to #2000 which means if we upgrade to the latest version of the plugin (we're stuck at version 1.10), the page takes ages to load as it adds a table for all 2000 historical releases. The build history on the left limits the list by default so something similar behaviour would be very nice.

I was wondering if it's possible to limit the number of entries in the "Previous release versions" section when opening up a form in a release job. In our case we don't discard old builds and we're up to #2000 which means if we upgrade to the latest version of the plugin (we're stuck at version 1.10), the page takes ages to load as it adds a table for all 2000 historical releases. The build history on the left limits the list by default so something similar behaviour would be very nice.

• environment: Latest Jenkins with a looooong history in release job.

Start by locating the release-job form code that builds the "Previous release versions" section, then compare it with the build history list's default limiting behavior. The work is done when long release histories no longer render every historical entry and the form remains usable for jobs with thousands of releases.