Bug#931579: Correct displaying of release versions / point releases

[Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>]

Package: www.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch


Hi, 
currently with 10.0 released, we have the following at
https://www.debian.org/releases/index.en.html:

"The current stable distribution of Debian is version 10, codenamed buster. 
It was initially released as version 10 on July 6th, 2019 and its latest update, 
version 10.0, was released on July 6th, 2019."


There is code in the relevant index.wml to display text like this:
"The current stable distribution of Debian is version 10, codenamed buster. 
It was released on July 6th, 2019."
That would be the correct phrase.


But this code does not work, since it requires the entity <current_initial_release>
to be set to "10.0" however it has "10" ATM.


I have attached a patch, which changes the _initial_ entity to "10.0" and 
introduces a new entity to hold the "10" major release number, which is also
required at another place of the page.


Holger



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diff --git a/english/releases/index.wml b/english/releases/index.wml
index 8242ed5a917..79ab2201ad4 100644
--- a/english/releases/index.wml
+++ b/english/releases/index.wml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ three releases in active maintenance: <q>stable</q>, <q>testing</q> and
 </p>
 <p>
   The current <q>stable</q> distribution of Debian is version
-  <:=substr '<current_initial_release>', 0, 2:>, codenamed <em><current_release_name></em>.
+  <current_release_major_number>, codenamed <em><current_release_name></em>.
 <ifeq "<current_initial_release>" "<current_release>"
   "It was released on <current_release_date>."
 />
diff --git a/english/template/debian/release_info.wml b/english/template/debian/release_info.wml
index 139ff3af212..0dfa1c05f52 100644
--- a/english/template/debian/release_info.wml
+++ b/english/template/debian/release_info.wml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 <define-tag current_release><current_release_buster/></define-tag>
 <define-tag current_release_date><current_release_date_buster/></define-tag>
-<define-tag current_initial_release>10</define-tag>
+<define-tag current_release_major_number>10</define-tag>
+<define-tag current_initial_release>10.0</define-tag>
 <define-tag current_initial_release_date><:=spokendate('2019-07-06'):></define-tag>
 
 <define-tag current_release_potato>2.2r7</define-tag>