Anecdotally, we have a release based on 3.8 and I tried a patch using 3.9 (the release just prior to 3.9r2) and ran into some odd problems which were resolved by sticking with 3.8. I think I posted something about it to the list a while back.
Rob Mensching-7 wrote > It will "probably" work but you may hit issues building patches. Nothing > specific comes to mind. If you hit issue, you can upgrade using latest > toolset then start patching again. > > Generally speaking, one should not change tooling when patching. That goes > for all tools, versions of Visual Studio, compilers, etc. Too much churn > can occur. > > _____________________________________________________________ > Short replies here. Complete answers over there: > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tunney, Stephen [mailto: > Stephen.Tunney@ > ] > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:06 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patches no longer working for a specific RTM > using WiX 3.7 + Pure WiX Patching > > Sorry, posted that last one to the wrong conversation :( > > Rob et. al. I have a question regarding upgrading WiX. > > We have several RTMs that have been produced using 3.7 and 3.9. Is it > "supported" to move producing updated installers+patches to newer versions > of WiX? > > My concern is that I don't want to have a large number of WiX versions > floating around as both WiX and our own products mature over time. > > Thanks, > Stephen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@.sourceforge > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patches-no-longer-working-for-a-specific-RTM-using-WiX-3-7-Pure-WiX-Patching-tp7600560p7600629.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
