Formatting for books with many versions

[eshellman]

Many books, especially manuals, have an edition for every version of the software. Some of our lists are presenting one entry per version(for example PR #2350 ), others are only listing the latest version, sometimes a single link for multiple versions is presented.

What's the best way for these to be listed? When is a version so old we should omit it? Should the the practice be different for different language lists?

[scraggo]

I agree, I think they should be visually grouped. Here's a thought: sublists, most recent book first. One example:

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python - Allen Downey et al - [MULTIPLE EDITIONS]
  • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, Interactive Edition (3.2)
  • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python - Allen B. Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers (2.4)
  • Think Python - Allen B. Downey (2.x & 3.0)

[eshellman]

that seems reasonable. Could you take a look at what the linter says about that? https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books-lint

[scraggo]

I changed my mind, making the latest version the toplist element and the previous versions the sublist elements. I'll do a PR and you can tell me what you think. The linter didn't find any issues :)

For reference: PR #2517

[eshellman]

Thanks everyone who contributed, the suggestions are now implemented!