fix: always use full-version rtfd links #1566

CHANGES.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ development at the same time, such as 4.5.x and 5.0.
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
-Nothing yet.
+- Fix: the PyPI page had broken links to documentation pages, but no longer
+  does, closing `issue 1566`_.
+
+.. _issue 1566: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1566
 
 
 .. scriv-start-here

coverage/version.py

@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ def _make_url(
     dev: int = 0,
 ) -> str:
     """Make the URL people should start at for this version of coverage.py."""
-    url = "https://coverage.readthedocs.io"
-    if releaselevel != "final" or dev != 0:
-        # For pre-releases, use a version-specific URL.
-        url += "/en/" + _make_version(major, minor, micro, releaselevel, serial, dev)
-    return url
+    return (
+        "https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/"
+        + _make_version(major, minor, micro, releaselevel, serial, dev)
+    )
 
 
 __version__ = _make_version(*version_info, _dev)

tests/test_version.py

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def test_make_version(self) -> None:
         assert _make_version(5, 10, 2, 'candidate', 7, 3) == "5.10.2rc7.dev3"
 
     def test_make_url(self) -> None:
-        assert _make_url(4, 0, 0, 'final') == "https://coverage.readthedocs.io"
+        expected = "https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/4.1.2"
+        assert _make_url(4, 1, 2, 'final') == expected
         expected = "https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/4.1.2b3"
         assert _make_url(4, 1, 2, 'beta', 3) == expected
         expected = "https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/4.1.2b3.dev17"