That's an idea, but then we'd be blocking off guids that people can never use. That's a good idea though. Perhaps we could just interpret the "PUT-GUID-HERE" values as a null guid or something when a special hidden candle option is specified.
Another idea might be to have a special process that runs over unit test files before they are sent to the compiler to fill in guids. Derek -----Original Message----- From: Richard Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'WiX-users' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes Would it be possible to define a standard set of Guids which are only to be used in the qtests and have some sort of flag in your tests saying that this is a test. If this flag is not set, then get candle will treat it as an error if these guids are used? Richard Derek Cicerone wrote: >Unfortunately, people treat our qtests as examples (especially given that >they are categorized under the examples directory). I agree for things that >are purely examples we should use the PUT-GUID-HERE thing. Its the qtests >I don't know what to do with (I really wish people wouldn't look at them but >they do have the most coverage of various authoring concepts). > >What are your thoughts on a warning for omitting the Product/@Id attribute? > >Derek > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:16 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Bob Arnson' >Cc: 'DEÁK JAHN Gábor'; 'WiX-users'; 'Rob Mensching' >Subject: RE: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes > >All examples should use "PUT-GUID-HERE". You get a nice error message from >the compiler and it's pretty self explanatory. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone >Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:57 AM >To: 'Bob Arnson' >Cc: 'DEÁK JAHN Gábor'; 'WiX-users'; 'Rob Mensching' >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes > >Hmm, that's a very good point. I'm just trying to address Rob's concern >that a developer wouldn't understand what it means to generate the guid. > >Honestly, I'd be more worried about them copying a setup with a guid and >failing to modify it (thus introducing collisions for users). It almost >argues for us to always omit the guid in our examples in which case we'd >then have to somehow educate the user that they should set a guid if they >copied one of our examples. > >Now I'm all confused :) > >Derek > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson >Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:44 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: 'DEÁK JAHN Gábor'; 'Rob Mensching'; 'WiX-users' >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes > >Derek Cicerone wrote: > > >>I've done some more thinking about this. I think Rob's main objection >> >> >with > > >>making Product/@Id optional was that someone might accidentally forget >>to specify it. However, what if we displayed a warning to the user >>whenever they omitted the Property/@Id attribute informing them that >>doing so is non-standard and would result in generating a new >>ProductCode for each >> >> >build > > >>- thus making it impossible to do anything other than major upgrades. >> >> >> >Why should that be a warning? > >-- >sig://boB >http://bobs.org > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's >Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & >business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >_______________________________________________ >WiX-users mailing list >WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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