Let's take the release of Wix 3 as an example. I'm actually the first in my company to start using it. I want to make sure that everyone is on the same version.
But if the msi file is called "wix3.msi" - how do they know whether or not that is the version they need to install? Regardless - the way our software has been released for over 2 years now is by .msi files uploaded to our website, each with a version number in it. Other platforms use version numbers in package names to make things less confusing to users. Is there some reason wix doesn't support this? I can't see what problem there would be, particularly considering the liberal use of GUIDs for tracking things. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Rob Mensching <rob.mensch...@microsoft.com>wrote: > And no, it isn't common (in my experience). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 09:26 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting the version from the Assembly file > > Colin Fox wrote: > > I'm not sure why you say that this is rare or dangerous. > > > > Because MSI doesn't support changing the .msi package name except by > major upgrade. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
