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x/pkgsite: don't imply that vN.x.y is the latest version when vN+1 exists #37765

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cespare opened this issue Mar 9, 2020 · 12 comments
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x/pkgsite: don't imply that vN.x.y is the latest version when vN+1 exists #37765

cespare opened this issue Mar 9, 2020 · 12 comments
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cespare commented Mar 9, 2020 •
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What is the URL of the page with the issue?

For example: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/cespare/xxhash?tab=doc

What is your user agent?

N/A

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What did you do?

Viewed the v1 documentation for a module that also has a v2.

What did you expect to see?

No v1 version of my module should be marked as "Latest" since v2 exists.

What did you see instead?

v1.1.0 was marked as "Latest".

I understand that v1 and v2 are essentially two different modules, and that the discovery site is showing that v1.1.0 is the latest version of the v1 module. However, this may mislead users into thinking that v1.1.0 is somehow up-to-date. I do not want new users of my module to use v1.1.0; I want them to use the real latest version of the module which is v2.1.1 at the moment.

Ideally, when viewing v1.1.0, the users would see on the page that v2 exists and is the latest major module version. There ought to be a link to quickly go to the latest version, just as there is a red "Go to latest" link when viewing the not-latest-minor-version page (example):

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This is related to #36969, where the search ranking also pushes users toward using the old major version of my module.

Right now it seems that the discovery site has very little notion of the relationship between different major versions of the same module. Please consider how to make this site more friendly for maintainers of v2+ modules.
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@julieqiu julieqiu added the UX Issues that involve UXD/UXR input label Mar 10, 2020
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Thanks for the feedback! We understand that this is confusing and plan to fix it as part of an upcoming round of UX changes.

/cc @fflewddur

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bcmills commented Mar 10, 2020

I think there are two different notions of “latest” at play here.

One is “what is the latest implementation of this API?”, and for that notion, v1.1.0 is correct.

The other is “what is the latest variant of this API that addresses the same general use-cases?”, and that notion is better answered by v2.1.1.

It may be worthwhile to surface both of those answers in some fashion.

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@julieqiu julieqiu changed the title go.dev: don't imply that vN.x.y is the latest version when vN+1 exists x/pkgsite: don't imply that vN.x.y is the latest version when vN+1 exists Jun 15, 2020
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Change https://golang.org/cl/250797 mentions this issue: internal: create GetLatestMajorVersion function in DataSource

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Change https://golang.org/cl/250937 mentions this issue: internal/postgres: create GetLatestMajorVersion in postgres package

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Change https://golang.org/cl/251083 mentions this issue: internal/middleware: change latestversion to latestminorversion

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Change https://golang.org/cl/251157 mentions this issue: internal/middleware: add latest major version value to latest version middleware

gopherbot pushed a commit to golang/pkgsite that referenced this issue Aug 28, 2020
internal/postgres: create GetLatestMajorVersion in postgres package
a457b9e 
This change completes the GetLatestMajorVersion function in the
DataSource interface that retrieves the latest major version of a module
path by adding the implementation for the postgres package.

Updates golang/go#37765

Change-Id: I48eadab8b71ffe73cec49f5c8bcd4f48f13b490d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/pkgsite/+/250937
Reviewed-by: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Amsterdam <jba@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
gopherbot pushed a commit to golang/pkgsite that referenced this issue Aug 28, 2020
internal/middleware: change latestversion to latestminorversion
2a24ee1 
With the inclusion of the latest major version function, this commit
changes current "latestversion" naming to "latestminorversion" in the
latestversion middleware to specify the difference between both
functions.

Updates golang/go#37765

Change-Id: I1c4d8edf6ac30431ef1278abaa334d96cd459258
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/pkgsite/+/251083
Reviewed-by: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
gopherbot pushed a commit to golang/pkgsite that referenced this issue Aug 28, 2020
internal: create GetLatestMajorVersion function in DataSource
cd2ea52 
This change creates a function in the DataSource interface that
retrieves the latest major version of a module path. This includes a
function in the proxydatasource package.

Updates golang/go#37765

Change-Id: I29505c1d7df51dd9bef8228e73bbedeea9771347
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/pkgsite/+/250797
Reviewed-by: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
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AceroM commented Aug 31, 2020

We’re planning to add a banner to pkg.go.dev, to indicate when there is a newer major version. Here is a mock:
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myitcv commented Aug 31, 2020

Looks great! However, I'd suggest the pkg.go.dev/ prefix is redundant/misleading in this case. Because the module path of the latest major version is github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 - the user will just so happen to be viewing that via pkg.go.dev

gopherbot pushed a commit to golang/pkgsite that referenced this issue Aug 31, 2020
internal/middleware: add latest major version middleware function
6f12538 
This change introduces a middleware function for the new
GetLatestMajorVersion function. We also rename the function name to
LatestVersions to clarify the scope better.

The latest major version value is generated and writen into new
placeholder values that is prepared for the upcoming HTML changes.

Updates golang/go#37765

Change-Id: I1f3b19a4e2cfb290000f756e8548670cbfd4033d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/pkgsite/+/251157
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Amsterdam <jba@google.com>
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AceroM commented Aug 31, 2020

Looks great! However, I'd suggest the pkg.go.dev/ prefix is redundant/misleading in this case. Because the module path of the latest major version is github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 - the user will just so happen to be viewing that via pkg.go.dev

Thanks! We had it as the module path at first but we didn't want users thinking they would redirect to github.com/...

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cespare commented Aug 31, 2020

I agree with @myitcv -- it seems better to phrase this in terms of actual module names.

The fact that package/module names look an awful lot like github.com/[other hosting provider] URLs is just one of those things that Go users have to get used to. I attached a few examples at the bottom where module names are links within pkg.go.dev already.

But it also seems to me that the message could simply be:

The latest major version is v2

That draws attention to the major version number, which is the important part of the message.

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AceroM commented Sep 1, 2020 •
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But it also seems to me that the message could simply be:
The latest major version is v2
That draws attention to the major version number, which is the important part of the message.

Thanks @cespare for your suggestion! We will update the text accordingly. 🙂

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Change https://golang.org/cl/251817 mentions this issue: internal: add GetLatestMajorVersion banner in documentation HTML

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