Revert the "What's new" feature

11 files changed, 8 insertions, 293 deletions

diff --git a/app/helpers/release_blog_post_helper.rb b/app/helpers/release_blog_post_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b5b7edc39..00000000000
--- a/app/helpers/release_blog_post_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module ReleaseBlogPostHelper
-  def blog_post_url
-    Gitlab::ReleaseBlogPost.instance.blog_post_url
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/header/_help_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/header/_help_dropdown.html.haml
index 513902890af..cd9128c452b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/header/_help_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/header/_help_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-- show_blog_link = current_user_menu?(:help) && blog_post_url.present?
 %ul
   - if current_user_menu?(:help)
     %li
       = link_to _("Help"), help_path
     %li.divider
-  - if show_blog_link
-    %li
-      = link_to _("What's new?"), blog_post_url
   %li
     = link_to _("Submit feedback"), "https://about.gitlab.com/submit-feedback"
   - if current_user_menu?(:help) || current_user_menu?(:settings) || current_user_menu?(:profile)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/25341-add-what-s-new-menu-item-in-top-navigation.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/25341-add-what-s-new-menu-item-in-top-navigation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index da1777827cb..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/25341-add-what-s-new-menu-item-in-top-navigation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Resolve Add What's new menu item in top navigation
-merge_request: 23186
-author:
-type: added
diff --git a/lib/gitlab.rb b/lib/gitlab.rb
index b91394f7f58..e073450283b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ module Gitlab
     Pathname.new(File.expand_path('..', __dir__))
   end
 
+  def self.version_info
+    Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::VERSION)
+  end
+
+  def self.pre_release?
+    VERSION.include?('pre')
+  end
+
   def self.config
     Settings
   end
@@ -27,52 +35,12 @@ module Gitlab
     end
   end
 
-  def self.version_info
-    Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::VERSION)
-  end
-
   COM_URL = 'https://gitlab.com'.freeze
   APP_DIRS_PATTERN = %r{^/?(app|config|ee|lib|spec|\(\w*\))}
   SUBDOMAIN_REGEX = %r{\Ahttps://[a-z0-9]+\.gitlab\.com\z}
   VERSION = File.read(root.join("VERSION")).strip.freeze
   INSTALLATION_TYPE = File.read(root.join("INSTALLATION_TYPE")).strip.freeze
 
-  def self.pre_release?
-    VERSION.include?('pre')
-  end
-
-  def self.final_release?
-    !VERSION.include?('rc') && !pre_release?
-  end
-
-  def self.minor_release
-    "#{version_info.major}.#{version_info.minor}"
-  end
-
-  def self.prev_minor_release
-    "#{version_info.major}.#{version_info.minor - 1}"
-  end
-
-  def self.prev_major_release
-    "#{version_info.major.to_i - 1}"
-  end
-
-  def self.new_major_release?
-    version_info.minor.to_i.zero?
-  end
-
-  def self.previous_release
-    if version_info.minor_version?
-      if version_info.patch_version?
-        minor_release
-      else
-        prev_minor_release
-      end
-    else
-      prev_major_release
-    end
-  end
-
   def self.com?
     # Check `gl_subdomain?` as well to keep parity with gitlab.com
     Gitlab.config.gitlab.url == COM_URL || gl_subdomain?
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post.rb b/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 639aee61464..00000000000
--- a/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-require 'singleton'
-
-module Gitlab
-  class ReleaseBlogPost
-    include Singleton
-
-    RELEASE_RSS_URL = 'https://about.gitlab.com/releases.xml'
-
-    def blog_post_url
-      @url ||= fetch_blog_post_url
-    end
-
-    private
-
-    def fetch_blog_post_url
-      installed_version = Gitlab.final_release? ? Gitlab.minor_release : Gitlab.previous_release
-      response = Gitlab::HTTP.get(RELEASE_RSS_URL, verify: false)
-
-      return unless response.code == 200
-
-      blog_entry = find_installed_blog_entry(response, installed_version)
-      blog_entry['id'] if blog_entry
-    end
-
-    def find_installed_blog_entry(response, installed_version)
-      response['feed']['entry'].find do |entry|
-        entry['release'] == installed_version || matches_previous_release_post(entry['release'], installed_version)
-      end
-    end
-
-    def should_match_previous_release_post?
-      Gitlab.new_major_release? && !Gitlab.final_release?
-    end
-
-    def matches_previous_release_post(rss_release_version, installed_version)
-      should_match_previous_release_post? && rss_release_version[/\d+/] == installed_version
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/version_info.rb b/lib/gitlab/version_info.rb
index 142ead12c08..aa6d5310161 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/version_info.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/version_info.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ module Gitlab
       @patch = patch
     end
 
-    def minor_version?
-      minor.to_i > 0
-    end
-
-    def patch_version?
-      patch.to_i > 0
-    end
-
     def <=>(other)
       return unless other.is_a? VersionInfo
       return unless valid? && other.valid?
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index d3ff3b1caa5..5b794ae587b 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -7953,9 +7953,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Web terminal"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "What's new?"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "When a runner is locked, it cannot be assigned to other projects"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/features/dashboard/help_spec.rb b/spec/features/dashboard/help_spec.rb
index fa12cecc984..467a503a62d 100644
--- a/spec/features/dashboard/help_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/dashboard/help_spec.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Help' do
     sign_in(create(:user))
   end
 
-  context 'help dropdown' do
-    it 'shows the "What\'s new?" menu item' do
-      visit root_dashboard_path
-
-      expect(page.find('.header-help .dropdown-menu')).to have_text("What's new?")
-    end
-  end
-
   context 'documentation' do
     it 'renders correctly markdown' do
       visit help_page_path("administration/raketasks/maintenance")
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c987df3767..00000000000
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe Gitlab::ReleaseBlogPost do
-  describe '.blog_post_url' do
-    let(:releases_xml) do
-      <<~EOS
-      <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
-      <feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
-      <entry>
-      <release>11.2</release>
-      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/</id>
-      </entry>
-      <entry>
-      <release>11.1</release>
-      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/22/gitlab-11-1-released/</id>
-      </entry>
-      <entry>
-      <release>11.0</release>
-      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/22/gitlab-11-0-released/</id>
-      </entry>
-      <entry>
-      <release>10.8</release>
-      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/22/gitlab-10-8-released/</id>
-      </entry>
-      </feed>
-      EOS
-    end
-
-    subject { described_class.send(:new).blog_post_url }
-
-    before do
-      stub_request(:get, 'https://about.gitlab.com/releases.xml')
-        .to_return(status: 200, headers: { 'content-type' => ['text/xml'] }, body: releases_xml)
-    end
-
-    context 'matches GitLab version to blog post url' do
-      it 'returns the correct url for major pre release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-pre')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/22/gitlab-10-8-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for major release candidate' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-rc3')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/22/gitlab-10-8-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for major release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/22/gitlab-11-0-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for minor pre release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0-pre')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/22/gitlab-11-1-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for minor release candidate' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0-rc3')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/22/gitlab-11-1-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for minor release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for patch pre release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-pre')
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for patch release candidate' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-rc3')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the correct url for patch release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns nil when no blog post is matched' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '9.0.0')
-
-        expect(subject).to be(nil)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab_spec.rb
index 6ac3d115bc6..5f7a0cca351 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab_spec.rb
@@ -70,82 +70,6 @@ describe Gitlab do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '.final_release?' do
-    subject { described_class.final_release? }
-
-    context 'returns the corrent boolean value' do
-      it 'is false for a pre release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-pre')
-
-        expect(subject).to be false
-      end
-
-      it 'is false for a release candidate' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-rc2')
-
-        expect(subject).to be false
-      end
-
-      it 'is true for a final release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.2')
-
-        expect(subject).to be true
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '.minor_release' do
-    subject { described_class.minor_release }
-
-    it 'returns the minor release of the full GitLab version' do
-      stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.1-rc3')
-
-      expect(subject).to eql '11.0'
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '.previous_release' do
-    subject { described_class.previous_release }
-
-    context 'it should return the previous release' do
-      it 'returns the previous major version when GitLab major version is not final' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.1-pre')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql '10'
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the current minor version when the GitLab patch version is RC and > 0' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-rc3')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql '11.2'
-      end
-
-      it 'returns the previous minor version when the GitLab patch version is RC and 0' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0-rc3')
-
-        expect(subject).to eql '11.1'
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '.new_major_release?' do
-    subject { described_class.new_major_release? }
-
-    context 'returns the corrent boolean value' do
-      it 'is true when the minor version is 0 and the patch is a pre release' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.1-pre')
-
-        expect(subject).to be true
-      end
-
-      it 'is false when the minor version is above 0' do
-        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-rc3')
-
-        expect(subject).to be false
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '.com?' do
     it 'is true when on GitLab.com' do
       stub_config_setting(url: 'https://gitlab.com')
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 72684caad32..97e7a019222 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
       .and_return(false)
   end
 
-  config.before(:suite) do
-    # Set latest release blog post URL for "What's new?" link
-    Gitlab::ReleaseBlogPost.instance.instance_variable_set(:@url, 'https://about.gitlab.com')
-  end
-
   config.before(:example, :quarantine) do
     # Skip tests in quarantine unless we explicitly focus on them.
     skip('In quarantine') unless config.inclusion_filter[:quarantine]