There should be a clear way to download older versions of Waterfox #4083
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I was looking for a portable version of Waterfox to do some add-on/feature testing and read that there used to be an official one, so I went the website to see if that was true and discovered that there is literally no way to download older versions of Waterfox despite the support page indicating that there should be some way to do so (it mentions links to a directory of of older versions). I looked for over half an hour to no avail. The Github only has source code releases. In contrast, I found the Firefox versions repository in five minutes, and it only took that long because I tried to do so through the Firefox website instead of just searching it.
Describe the solution you'd like
I'd like the Waterfox website to allow the download of all older versions of Waterfox.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Theoretically you could've released the installers on Github along with the source code. I don't know if you can retroactively add items to releases, though.
Additional context
I don't want to download older installers or portable versions from third-party websites.
Edit:
Okay, I'm somewhat stupid and realized I could edit the installer link on the Download page to remove the file name and try accessing the upper directory. https://cdn.waterfox.com/waterfox/releases/ is publicly accessible, so that's one thing solved, but it really should be linked in the relevant support page somewhere given that the page says "you can visit Waterfox’s directory of older Waterfox versions using the links below" without having any links to that page.
Second edit:
And now I'm noticing that some installers aren't in the CDN, presumably because they are on Github, including all of the Classic branch. Maybe add them anyway for consistency?
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