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Revert "Story 2673: Correct future bug of boost version ordering" - #2852

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Reverts #2828

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  • Version Handling
    • Version-range checks now compare version names directly and include the specified minimum and maximum boundaries.
    • Release and library-version selection now use version-name ordering and minimum-version thresholds.
    • Version splitting for release listings accepts major.minor.patch names, optionally prefixed with boost-; beta releases use the updated naming format.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Tags below the configured minimum version are skipped, while tags without a version prefix remain eligible.

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The changes replace numeric version-array comparisons with version-name string comparisons in version ordering, range checks, and minimum-version filters. They also remove custom library version and commit managers that used version-array querysets.

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Version comparisons

Layer / File(s) Summary
Version queryset ordering and parsing
versions/managers.py, versions/tests/fixtures.py, versions/tests/test_managers.py, versions/tests/test_models.py
Version querysets order by descending names. Version splitting accepts optional boost- prefixes and three numeric dot-separated components. Beta fixtures and tests use updated version names; a numeric ordering test is removed.
Library range checks and managers
libraries/utils.py, libraries/managers.py, libraries/models.py, libraries/tests/test_utils.py
version_within_range compares strings against optional bounds. Custom version-array managers are removed from library versions and commits. Range tests remove cases for multi-digit numeric comparisons, underscore slugs, and master/develop.
Minimum-version filtering
libraries/github.py, libraries/management/commands/import_library_version_docs_urls.py, versions/tasks.py, versions/tests/test_tasks.py
GitHub commit queries and documentation URL imports filter by version-name minimums. skip_tag compares the prefix-stripped version against the configured minimum. A test adds an assertion that "sample" is not skipped.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: herzog0

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f0097

This revert brings back version comparisons that sort names as text instead of as numbers. Once Boost reaches a multi-digit version such as 1.100.0, the site may pick the wrong latest release and show the version dropdown out of order. Commit imports and cleanup, documentation URL imports, and tag filtering may also include or exclude the wrong versions. Merge only if the revert is intentional and a follow-up fix is tracked.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f0097

String-based comparisons can select the wrong releases or change which contributor records a clean import deletes. Existing authorization and transactional protections remain, but they do not prevent a successful import from applying an incorrect rebuild scope.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · architecture · inferred: Persistent imports now combine numeric release sequencing with lexical eligibility and latest-release selection. For example, boost-1.100.0 sorts lexically below boost-1.90.0. The producer can emit a newer release that the consumer silently omits, while a numerically older release can enter the rebuild scope. This changes import ownership and completeness across dependent workflows.
  • Medium · reliability · inferred: Clean deletion no longer restricts rows to parsed release names plus explicit branches. An empty-floor clean import now includes beta-named or other unsupported version rows, although the producer excludes those formats. If such rows hold commit evidence without a surviving same-SHA record, cleanup can remove achievement grants and change badge history. Atomicity contains exceptions but cannot undo this successfully committed ownership mismatch; production occurrence is unverified.
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Security Blast Radius

  • observed — Each updater invocation scopes commit selection and deletion to one library. The task can iterate all libraries, so an incorrect shared threshold can propagate across the catalogue. Badge cleanup checks surviving same-SHA evidence before removing associated grants.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — No new anonymous path to commit cleanup was identified in the inspected callers. Release execution derives its floor from a stored Version name, and the management command resolves library identity through the database. The demonstrated risk is incorrect state selection under existing operational authority, not newly gained cross-library authority.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Atomic mutation, conflict updates and achievement relinking remain unchanged protections for interruption and repetition. They protect transaction integrity and evidence identity, but do not validate that deletion and reconstruction cover the same supported version set.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Use one explicit version-ordering and eligibility policy for selection, production and deletion. Derive clean deletion from the supported reconstruction set, and validate digit-width transitions and unsupported version forms before destructive imports.
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Review comments at @libraries/utils.py:
- Around line 189-191: Update libraries/utils.py:189-191 to compare integer
version components; libraries/github.py:136-138 to compare parsed tuples,
505-507 to filter by version_array or an equivalent numeric field, and 578-582
to scope clean deletion with the same numeric floor used to select versions;
libraries/management/commands/import_library_version_docs_urls.py:53 to use a
numeric minimum-version filter; and versions/tasks.py:661-663 to compare parsed
tuples against MINIMUM_BOOST_VERSION. Ensure all version comparisons use numeric
components rather than lexicographic strings.

Review comments at @versions/managers.py:
- Line 32: Replace string-based name ordering in most_recent(),
most_recent_beta(), and get_header_dropdown_data() with component-wise numeric
version ordering using the existing cleaned_version_parts or
with_version_split() data. Ensure major, minor, and patch components—including
beta versions—sort numerically so results and dropdown options are in version
order.

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  • libraries/github.py
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  • libraries/utils.py
  • versions/managers.py
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Comment thread libraries/utils.py
Comment on lines +189 to +191
if min_version and version < min_version:
return False
if max_parts and _compare_parts(max_parts, v_parts):
if max_version and version > max_version:

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The revert brings back lexicographic version comparison. Version names are compared as strings, so boost-1.100.0 sorts below boost-1.83.0. The reverted PR fixed this bug, and this PR brings it back. Confirm that the revert is intended. If it is, track a follow-up fix.

  • libraries/utils.py#L189-L191: parse each version into integer components before comparing.
  • libraries/github.py#L136-L138: compare parsed tuples, not names.
  • libraries/github.py#L505-L507: filter with version_array (or an equivalent numeric field), not name__gte.
  • libraries/github.py#L578-L582: scope the clean deletion with the same numeric floor that selects the versions, so deleted commits match rebuilt commits.
  • libraries/management/commands/import_library_version_docs_urls.py#L53-L53: use a numeric minimum-version filter.
  • versions/tasks.py#L661-L663: compare parsed tuples against MINIMUM_BOOST_VERSION.
    Based on learnings, version strings must be compared numerically/component-wise, not lexicographically.
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[warning] 191-193: Return the condition not (max_version and version > max_version) directly

Replace with return not (max_version and version > max_version)

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  • libraries/utils.py#L189-L191 (this comment)
  • libraries/github.py#L136-L138
  • libraries/github.py#L505-L507
  • libraries/github.py#L578-L582
  • libraries/management/commands/import_library_version_docs_urls.py#L53-L53
  • versions/tasks.py#L661-L663
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Review comment at @libraries/utils.py around lines 189 - 191:
Update libraries/utils.py:189-191 to compare integer version components;
libraries/github.py:136-138 to compare parsed tuples, 505-507 to filter by
version_array or an equivalent numeric field, and 578-582 to scope clean
deletion with the same numeric floor used to select versions;
libraries/management/commands/import_library_version_docs_urls.py:53 to use a
numeric minimum-version filter; and versions/tasks.py:661-663 to compare parsed
tuples against MINIMUM_BOOST_VERSION. Ensure all version comparisons use numeric
components rather than lexicographic strings.

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Comment thread versions/managers.py
.with_version_split()
.filter(beta=False, full_release=True)
.order_by("-major", "-minor", "-patch", "-release")
.order_by("-name")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Ordering by -name sorts versions in string order, not version order.

This revert brings back order_by("-name") in most_recent(), most_recent_beta(), and get_header_dropdown_data(). PostgreSQL compares name as a string. Under string order, boost-1.100.0 sorts below boost-1.99.0. When Boost 1.100.0 ships, three things go wrong:

  • most_recent() returns 1.99.0.
  • most_recent_beta() picks the wrong beta.
  • In the navbar dropdown, most_recent is wrong and the options appear in the wrong order.

Patch numbers have the same problem: 1.85.10 sorts below 1.85.9. The reverted PR existed to prevent this bug.

should_show_beta already compares cleaned_version_parts as numbers. So the code now orders versions by string but compares the newest beta to the newest release by number. If the revert is required, track a follow-up that restores numeric ordering. One option is to order by the with_version_split() annotations. Another is to sort in Python by cleaned_version_parts.

Based on learnings: "do not compare them lexicographically ... Parse and compare version numbers numerically/component-wise."

Also applies to: 41-41, 197-197

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Review comment at @versions/managers.py at line 32:
Replace string-based name ordering in most_recent(), most_recent_beta(), and
get_header_dropdown_data() with component-wise numeric version ordering using
the existing cleaned_version_parts or with_version_split() data. Ensure major,
minor, and patch components—including beta versions—sort numerically so results
and dropdown options are in version order.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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