Properly display the current releases for PHP
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Description
Summary
Add a section on the main downloads page that displays the current bugfix release for each release branch
Details
Before the downloads page has been reworked, it contained the source tar balls of current PHP releases. This section also contained the exact version (e.g 8.4.X) of the current bugfix release.
The new downloads page doesn't contain this information at all. You manually need to switch to the source tarballs page to view the current release, which is imo not obvious.
Additional context
When you Google something like "php releases" the top three results are
https://www.php.net/releases/index.php: Only displays unsupported/old releases
https://php.watch/versions: 3rd party site
https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php: Only displays information on release branches, but not on current bugfix releases
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 comparing the main downloads page with the source tarballs page and supported-versions.php to find how current release information is presented. Trace the existing release data and rendering entry points before deciding where the new section belongs. Done means the main downloads page shows the current bugfix release for every supported release branch.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- content, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100