Add a filter type for the release status

Created on 18 October 2022, about 2 years ago
Updated 3 July 2024, 6 months ago

Problem/Motivation

There was a consensus it might be useful and desirable being able to filter by the release status. A user might want to see only packages that have a full release. Another wants to filter for full releases and release candidates. Another wants to include alphas, betas. or even absolutely every type of release.

For the record the issue was identified and initially discussed during #3312892: Drupal Usability Meeting 2022-10-07 . The issue has a link to the recording of the meeting. The attendees were @AaronMcHale, @benjifisher, @narendraR, @rkoller, @shaal, @simohell, @srishtiiee, @Utkarsh_33, and @worldlinemine.

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Proposed resolution

Add a new filter type Release Status with the options:

  • Full Release
  • Release Candidate
  • Beta Release
  • Alpha Release
  • Development Release
  • No official Release

In the context of that topic it was also thought of to select more than one option to enable a more granular selection. A solution using checkboxes instead of radio buttons was proposed.

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Feature request
Status

Closed: works as designed

Version

1.0

Component

User experience

Created by

🇩🇪Germany rkoller Nürnberg, Germany

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  • 🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine

    Right now we do have a filter of "recommended" or "all" - which isn't quite the granularity here that I think is being asked for. However, I'm not convinced we need/want this level, if we're considering our main target audience are site builders and those new to Drupal. I tend to think the current filter set is adequate, unless someone can point me to some data or research suggesting otherwise.

  • 🇩🇪Germany rkoller Nürnberg, Germany

    hm back then we were under the impression that it would be possible at some point for the user to decide which version of a module to install within the project browser interface. for example if a module has version 3 as stable and version 4 in beta or alpha a user would be able to exclude the version 4 in beta or alpha since the person only wanted stable releases. that way a filter would made sense. but the user never actually sees the version number of a to be installed module until the install process is finished. therefore i am not sure if such a filter would make sense anymore and in contrast wouldn't lead to further confusions. if you as the user are unable to choose the to be installed version of a module but you have a filter type enabling you to filter for those exact criteria? i would consider that confusing tbh.

  • 🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine

    Presently, the issue is that we're leaving it up to Composer, more or less, to determine what version of a module should be installed - based on what's in your composer.json (i.e. the settings of "prefer-stable" and "minimum-stability" specifically). Since we're not surfacing _that_ configuration to the user (i.e. they can't change those settings in composer.json from the UI), it doesn't make a lot of sense to have them attempt to specify a version. (I could see this happening someday, though.)

    I wonder what the minimal increment is that resolves the UX concern - would it be showing the installed version number once it completes? Or before, as a confirmation?

  • 🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine
  • 🇦🇺Australia pameeela

    I'm not in favour of this change, mostly I agree with #6. A few people have pointed out that the meaning might be lost on the target audience, and I must admit even I was not fully aware of the 'full release' terminology. I knew what it meant, but I stopped and thought 'wait is that really what we call it?'

    I also don't think the difference is all that meaningful in contrib, as every module maintainer has a seemingly different definition for what is alpha/beta/RC etc. I think it would be an easier sell if there were consistency. It is a long list of options, with honestly not that much distinction and therefore not that much value to the user.

  • Status changed to Closed: works as designed 6 months ago
  • 🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine

    OK, great. I think that was a consensus needed. This will not be in MVP, but we can also look at revisiting it if it causes confusion after a larger-scale release.

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