The version modal pulled its content from /api/version-info — a 295-line
hand-curated Python dict in web_server.py. The "What's New" panel pulled
its content from WHATS_NEW in helper.js. Same release notes, two files,
two languages, hand-edited at every release — drift was inevitable
(and happened: the kettui-fix entries I added recently differed in
detail between the two surfaces).
This commit makes helper.js the single editing surface:
- Adds VERSION_MODAL_SECTIONS const in helper.js right beside WHATS_NEW,
with a comment block documenting the relationship: WHATS_NEW is the
per-version detailed log used by the helper popover; VERSION_MODAL_SECTIONS
is the curated highlight reel shown by the sidebar version button. Both
edited at release time, both in the same file.
- Rewires showVersionInfo() in downloads.js to read from those consts
directly. No backend round-trip; the changelog content ships in the
same JS bundle the browser already loaded.
- Deletes the /api/version-info route and its 295-line version_data dict.
- Updates the line-39 comment to drop the now-stale "version-info endpoint"
reference.
Note: this is collocation, not true unification. WHATS_NEW and
VERSION_MODAL_SECTIONS are still two distinct structures with overlapping
content, linked by a comment convention rather than a shared schema. A
deeper refactor (e.g. a `featured` flag on WHATS_NEW entries that the
modal aggregates) was rejected as out-of-scope — the curated section
titles ("Earlier in v2.3", "Recent Fixes") aren't 1:1 mappable to
WHATS_NEW entries. Saving for a follow-up if the drift problem persists.
Risk audit:
- Load order: helper.js loads at line 7967, downloads.js at line 7873.
Both classic scripts execute synchronously before any clickable
interaction, so showVersionInfo (only invoked on the version-button
onclick) always sees both consts defined.
- populateVersionModal() unchanged — receives the same {title, subtitle,
sections: [{title, description, features, usage_note?}]} shape.
- Stale-cache window during deploy: old downloads.js hitting a 404 on
the deleted endpoint falls through to the existing catch + toast path
("Failed to load version information"). Cache-buster ?v=static_v
resolves on next page load.
553 tests pass. helper.js + downloads.js parse cleanly. No residual
references to /api/version-info anywhere in the repo.
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