Re: [WiX-users] Managed Bootstrapper - Second Patch does not supersede first Patch

2013-03-23 Thread Tomer Cohen
The logs are no help at all, both the "good" patch and the "bad" patch have pretty much the same log, there is no mention of "skipping installation of... " in any log. We have some advances, we do have some consistency when raising the version of the PatchFamily AND the AssemblyFileVersionAttrib

Re: [WiX-users] Question about conditional statements in elements

2013-03-23 Thread Christopher Painter
95% of my installers have used major upgrades as their servicing strategy. The other 5% used minor upgrades because I either a) wanted to create a story of a non-priv user being able to perform upgrades or b) wanted to be able to create patches For the standard run of the mill business appl

Re: [WiX-users] Question about conditional statements in elements

2013-03-23 Thread John Ludlow
That's true in theory but in practice it's often better to change it every build. This simplifies the upgrade semantics (upgrade is an upgrade is an upgrade, rather than worrying about whether it's a small update, minor upgrade or major upgrade) and makes it much easier to test that your product ca

Re: [WiX-users] Question about conditional statements in elements

2013-03-23 Thread Bruce Cran
On 22/03/2013 17:24, Daniel Madill wrote: > Hi Alain, > > In general, Product ID="*" is a good thing. Each new build should generate a > new product code because it typically means you've made changes to the > product (i.e. made a new version). If you want to test the Maintenance dialog > then r