[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47473: "Update WordPress" link on Dashboard links to major version, not minor version

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#47473: "Update WordPress" link on Dashboard links to major version, not minor
version
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 Reporter:  qaws             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * focuses:   => administration
 * component:  General => Upgrade/Install


Old description:

> Using 5.1.1, on the Dashboard. When a new version of WordPress core is
> released, the link takes you to the page for 5.0, even though a page for
> 5.2.1 exists. See images.
>
> I suggest that if the link has the anchor text "WordPress 5.2.1" then it
> should link to the minor version page, and from a usability point of
> view, if I'm on v5.1.1 and 5.2.1 is available, there's no point linking
> me to 5.0, as I would already know what these changes are. Linking to
> 5.2.1 lets me see what the changes are (i.e. the specific version history
> of bugs that are fixed in this specific release), so I can make my
> decision as to when to plan my upgrade. Linking to 5.0 doesn't let me do
> this, nor is there any link on the 5.0 page which will take me o the
> changes contained in 5.2.1, so I have to go work out how to find that
> information myself.
>
> As appears on Dashboard:
> [[Image(https://ibb.co/3ThC33W)]]
>
> Following the link takes me to:
> [[Image(https://ibb.co/x5fs8pf)]]
>
> Even though the far more useful page is available here:
> [[Image(https://ibb.co/RSwG5jN)]]
>
> I'm listing this as a bug and not an enhancement because any link
> containing the words "Wordpress 5.2.1" should take me to a page
> containing info for v5.2.1, and it doesn't.

New description:

 Using 5.1.1, on the Dashboard. When a new version of WordPress core is
 released, the link takes you to the page for 5.0, even though a page for
 5.2.1 exists. See images.

 I suggest that if the link has the anchor text "WordPress 5.2.1" then it
 should link to the minor version page, and from a usability point of view,
 if I'm on v5.1.1 and 5.2.1 is available, there's no point linking me to
 5.0, as I would already know what these changes are. Linking to 5.2.1 lets
 me see what the changes are (i.e. the specific version history of bugs
 that are fixed in this specific release), so I can make my decision as to
 when to plan my upgrade. Linking to 5.0 doesn't let me do this, nor is
 there any link on the 5.0 page which will take me o the changes contained
 in 5.2.1, so I have to go work out how to find that information myself.

 As appears on Dashboard: https://ibb.co/3ThC33W

 Following the link takes me to: https://ibb.co/x5fs8pf

 Even though the far more useful page is available here:
 https://ibb.co/RSwG5jN

 I'm listing this as a bug and not an enhancement because any link
 containing the words "Wordpress 5.2.1" should take me to a page containing
 info for v5.2.1, and it doesn't.

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