Publishing history has only distribution series codenames, not version numbers

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

The "Overview" page for a distribution package (such as <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm>), and the "Publishing history" page (such as <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+publishinghistory>), list which version(s) of the package was published in each distribution series.

Unfortunately they do this only by giving the series codename (e.g. "Dapper", "Breezy"), not the version number. This is appropriate for development versions, but inappropriate for versions that have already been released, because people new to the distribution are unlikely to be familiar with past codenames.

[Dennis Schridde (devurandom)]

PS: This is also true for the "Link to other package" action on the release-series page.

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

The overview page now uses a distribution series's "displayname" property instead, which is settable by the distro owner and is the preferred way of someone branding their distro series.

The publishing history is a different matter, since putting the displayname where it currently just shows the name would look terrible. I suggest we do something like:

    9.10 (karmic)
    9.04 (jaunty)

I don't really like the idea of changing what's displayed based on the series status and it's fair to say that different people are more familiar with the name and version.

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

Having re-read my last sentence I'll clarify it:

Some people are more familiar with the code name, and others are more familiar with the version.