playframework / playframework/playframework.com
Unable to download previous releases from download page
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- Dominant language
- Scala
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Description
On the download page, the links for previous releases contain the link of the latest release not the respective release. for example href for Play 2.5.0 release is "https://downloads.typesafe.com/typesafe-activator/1.3.9/typesafe-activator-1.3.9-minimal.zip" which is of latest release i.e. Play 2.5.1
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 at the download page and inspect how links for previous releases are generated. Compare the Play 2.5.0 link shown in the issue with the corresponding release asset, then verify that each previous-release link targets its own version and downloads successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 40/100