Tiago Silva wrote: > We will produce in our weekly builds two setups. One that is the full > installation and other that have almost the same components that the > full install except files that the user changes (settings files), the > application database and customs actions that setup the server > environment on the clean install. > That works but is more complicated than necessary. If you use major upgrades, you can supply just one .msi -- it both does a fresh installation and upgrades an existing installation. The MSI major upgrade support sets a property during upgrading, so you can use the presence of that property to suppress components and custom actions you want to be skipped during upgrade. > The idea is to create the > upgrade as minor upgrades to avoid the change of ProductCode. What do > you think of this ? > The downside to minor upgrades is that they can't do a fresh installation and you need a chainer/bootstrapper to apply them. Double-clicking the .msi file doesn't install a minor upgrade. > My boss wants to keep track of the upgrades that has been installed. > The idea is to do something like MS style to keep track of the dates > and versions that were installed. > > In MS office for example we can see in add and remove programs the > entry to the application and if we check the "Show Updates" checkboxs > a list of updates to the application are showed. I was wondering what > kind of upgrades are it? Patches? Minor upgrades? > Add/Remove Programs shows that info only for patches. Upgrades of any kind replace the existing version of the product.
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