Support user-friendly version selection via URL parameters

[ryanbasic1]

Currently, the URL preselection feature requires using internal version_id values (which are long hash-based identifiers, e.g. ardupilot-92b0cd7...).

While this works correctly, it is not very user-friendly when:

Sharing links with others
Manually constructing URLs
Testing or debugging configurations

Suggestion:
Allow alternative, user-friendly query parameters such as:

?vehicle_id=copter&version=stable
?vehicle_id=rover&version=4.6.3

These values could be internally mapped to the corresponding version_id.
Expected Behavior:

If version is provided:
stable → map to latest stable version
4.6.3 → map to matching version
If mapping fails → fallback to existing behavior or show warning

Benifits = 1) Easier sharing of build Configuration , improved UX , More intuitive URL usage

[shiv-tyagi]

The reason for adding this feature was to be specific about which version a user wants. Aliasing can introduce surprises. So we would need to plan it properly before implementing.

[ryanbasic1]

Thanks for the clarification!

That makes sense — reproducibility is important, and aliasing like stable could introduce inconsistencies.

Could you please guide me on how you’d prefer this to be approached? I’d be happy to refine the implementation accordingly.

Happy to iterate further on this!