Issue 987870: Windows installer for 2.4a1 shows non-standard version (original) (raw)

Created on 2004-07-09 11:03 by paul.moore, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (6)
msg21454 - (view)	Author: Paul Moore (paul.moore) *	Date: 2004-07-09 11:03
The Windows installer (MSI) for Python 2.4a1 displays the Python version as 2.4.0.12607. This is not the standard version format, which should show as 2.4a0. While this is mainly a cosmetic issue, it will make it difficult to verify that the version installed matches the latest released alpha/beta. (It's not clear whether the final number - the 12607 - will be dropped with the release, so this may not be an issue for 2.4 final).
msg21455 - (view)	Author: Thomas Heller (theller) *	Date: 2004-07-09 12:15
Logged In: YES user_id=11105 Martin v. Loewis builds the MSI's. Assigned to him.
msg21456 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2004-07-09 20:13
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 It is no issue for the final release, which will drop this number. The version number must be a number, so it can't be 2.4a1. The text displayed in the dialogs could be different, of course - it just would be more work to make it so.
msg21457 - (view)	Author: Paul Moore (paul.moore) *	Date: 2004-07-10 09:31
Logged In: YES user_id=113328 Fair enough. So the final release will show 2.4 (or 2.4.0?). That's the main thing, I guess. I'm happy for this to be closed as something that the MSI format doesn't support. (Can I do that myself...?)
msg21458 - (view)	Author: Paul Moore (paul.moore) *	Date: 2004-07-11 13:50
Logged In: YES user_id=113328 I'm closing this myself, as "won't fix". I assume that's OK.
msg21459 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2004-07-17 09:18
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 It turned out that the problem was still somewhat different than I thought it was, so the next alpha should display 2.4a2 everywhere.