Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-12 Thread Neil Sleightholm
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change Good point, that could even be considered a useful feature downgrades without an uninstall. Neil -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 17:20 To: General discussion for Windows

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-12 Thread Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro)
...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:31 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change I don't think that is that case as my RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled at the beginning (if it wasn't I think you

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-12 Thread Neil Sleightholm
. Neil -Original Message- From: Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: 12 March 2009 20:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change System.Version defines the following format

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-12 Thread Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro)
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change That is one view of version numbers but it doesn't work for me. It relies on there being a single source of the build number, if two builds are started on different servers were does the build number come from

[WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-11 Thread Neil Sleightholm
In common with a lot of build processes ours uses a 4 part version number, major.minor.day.revision, in a given day the revision can change if the developers rebuild but the shipping product would never have the same major.minor.day version. This causes a problem with Windows Installer major

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: This works but is it a really bad thing to do? It means that it's still possible to install an earlier version. If they're never released, it's only a problem for your internal folks. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-11 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Good point, that could even be considered a useful feature downgrades without an uninstall. Neil -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 17:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change

2009-03-11 Thread Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrades without version change Good point, that could even be considered a useful feature downgrades without an uninstall. Neil -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 17:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer