Add 'superseded by' notice to older Python 3 releases

downloads/tests/test_views.py

@@ -46,6 +46,37 @@ def test_download_release_detail(self):
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
 
+    def test_download_release_detail_not_superseded(self):
+        """Test that latest releases and Python 2 do not show a superseded notice."""
+        for release in [self.python_3, self.python_3_8_20, self.release_275]:
+            with self.subTest(release=release.name):
+                url = reverse(
+                    "download:download_release_detail",
+                    kwargs={"release_slug": release.slug},
+                )
+                response = self.client.get(url)
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+                self.assertNotIn("latest_in_series", response.context)
+                self.assertNotContains(response, "has been superseded by")
+
+    def test_download_release_detail_superseded(self):
+        """Test that older releases show a superseded notice."""
+        tests = [
+            (self.python_3_10_18, self.python_3),
+            (self.python_3_8_19, self.python_3_8_20),
+        ]
+        for old_release, latest_release in tests:
+            with self.subTest(release=old_release.name):
+                url = reverse(
+                    "download:download_release_detail",
+                    kwargs={"release_slug": old_release.slug},
+                )
+                response = self.client.get(url)
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+                self.assertEqual(response.context["latest_in_series"], latest_release)
+                self.assertContains(response, "has been superseded by")
+                self.assertContains(response, latest_release.name)
+
     def test_download_os_list(self):
         url = reverse('download:download_os_list', kwargs={'slug': self.linux.slug})
         response = self.client.get(url)

downloads/views.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any
 
+import re
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.db.models import Case, IntegerField, Prefetch, When
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
             )
         )
 
+        # Find the latest release in the feature series (such as 3.14.x)
+        # to show a "superseded by" notice on older releases
+        version = self.object.get_version()
+        if version and self.object.version == Release.PYTHON3:
+            match = re.match(r"^3\.(\d+)", version)
+            if match:
+                minor_version = int(match.group(1))
+                latest_in_series = Release.objects.latest_python3(minor_version)
+                if latest_in_series and latest_in_series.pk != self.object.pk:
+                    context["latest_in_series"] = latest_in_series
+
         return context
 
 

templates/downloads/release_detail.html

@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
             <h1 class="page-title">{{ release.name }}</h1>
         </header>
 
-        <p><strong>Release Date:</strong> {{ release.release_date|date }}</p>
+        {% if latest_in_series %}
+        <p><strong>Note:</strong> {{ release.name }} has been superseded by <a href="{{ latest_in_series.get_absolute_url }}">{{ latest_in_series.name }}</a>.</p>
+        {% endif %}
+
+        <p><strong>Release date:</strong> {{ release.release_date|date }}</p>
 
         {% if release.content.raw %}
         {{ release.content.rendered|safe }}