[MDBF-459] Download links go to the wrong version after the release is moved to archive Created: 2022-08-15  Updated: 2023-11-23

Status: Open
Project: MariaDB Foundation Development
Component/s: Downloads
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: N/A

Type: Bug Priority: Critical
Reporter: Ian Gilfillan Assignee: Vicențiu Ciorbaru
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MDBF-582 URLs to specific download versions ar... Closed
Relates
relates to MDBF-274 Shorten URL parameters for mariadb.or... Open
relates to MDBF-279 Links to version-specific downloads n... Closed
relates to MDBF-287 Download redirect from old site not g... Closed
relates to MDBF-627 Permit links to the download site for... Open

 Description   

Currently, links such as https://mariadb.org/download/?tab=mariadb&rel=10.8.3&product=mariadb do not work, instead going to the current default version.

A link of the format https://mariadb.org/download/?tab=mariadb&rel=10.8.3&product=mariadb&o=true does work.

This means that all old links, such as those used on the front page of mariadb.org (before being fixed), or other links pasted on the KB, blogs, social media etc. do not work correctly.

Luckily the old links are mostly used, and they work (MDBF-287), but links using the new format should also continue to work.



 Comments   
Comment by Ian Gilfillan [ 2023-08-23 ]

A workaround is to use the original link format, such as https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.8.4/, which work, but unfortunately people have started using the longer format based on copying and pasting the URL.

We should at least use the original format in all of our .org links for two reasons
1) it avoids this bug
2) it's shorter and prettier (see MDBF-274)

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