id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	notify_on_close	platform	project
5247	Make download and older releases pages easier to maintain	Greg Couch	Greg Couch	"With the changes to the download page to emphasis the download page for the platform the web browser is on, it is no longer easy to maintain the older releases page.  This needs to be fixed before 1.3 production release is made.

The proposed solution is to put all of the needed information into a JSON file, so the download page will not need to change when a new release is made.  Currently, the production release information is hand-coded in the download page, and the daily build information is generated via a cgi-bin script every time the download page is loaded.  So the first change will be to put all of that information into a single JSON file after the daily build finish.  And way for handling the release candidates will be included.  Then the download page can be revised to use the JSON file.

For the older releases page, the information in it will be converted into an analogous JSON file.  Then that page can be rewritten to use the JSON file.  And when a production release becomes an older release, its JSON information can be copied into the older releases JSON file.

The current plan is for Greg to get the JSON output working with consultation from Zach.  And that Zach will do the web page coding with consultation from Greg.  This may change.

"	defect	closed	blocker	1.3	Infrastructure		fixed		Zach Pearson				all	ChimeraX