Issue 77330

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what strings are you exactly talking about ?

I am talking about the title bar and the changing content in the right part of
the installer window.
I will enclose a screenshot.

Created attachment 45137 [details]
Places for full version number

IS: This works as designed. The micro version 2.2.1 can only be seen in the
AboutBox. All other bitmaps and strings in a running OOo are still 2.2.
(also the name of the RPMs contains a 2.2.1)

-> MH: Back to you. This "hiding" of micro version was your idea ;-)

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ideas from whomever don't count, the spec should say the truth ! :-)

in the spec only StarOffice numbering has been referenced, so please update the
specification accordingly for OpenOffice.org.

But indeed, I think having 2.2 in dialog title and content is ok for 2.2.1 now.

I also would love to see a reference to whatelse tasks have to completed when
changing the product version.

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change summary.
target should be OOo 2.3.1

It should be clear from the installation dialogs what version will be installed. Can we please diplay the 
complete version number for minor updates?

add Martin to cc

Well, currently we use the one variable PRODUCTVERSION. This is defined in
instsetoo_native and used for installation and for OOo. This is 2.2. We will
change it for an OOo 2.3 .Together with this variable we will change the bitmaps
for the installation. 
Especially for the AboutBox we introduced a new variable ABOUTBOXPRODUCTVERSION
that is only used for the about box. So, what changes do we want to do in future?
Do we want to change PRODUCTVERSION to 2.3.1 ? Or only selected bitmaps, that
can be changed independently from PRODUCTVERSION?

IS -> MMP: Sending to you, because you have to make more investigations.

sounds good. The bitmaps can remain in "OOo major.minor" format. "OOo major.minor.micro" should be 
the strings for the installer as highlighted in the attachment.
Example "OpenOffice.org 2.3.1"

PRODUCTVERSION should remain "major.minor". This saves some clutter from window titles of for instance 
alert dialog.
Example with PRODUCTNAME: "OpenOffice.org 2.3"

ABOUTBOXPRODUCTVERSION will be then "major.minor.micro" and used for the about box.
Example with PRODUCTNAME: "OpenOffice.org 2.3.1"

IS -> MMP: No, you did not understand me. The installer has a variable
PRODUCTVERSION, that is used during installation. This is shown in all
installation dialogs, in the default directory name, many many Windows registry
values, ... . This variable is written during packaging process into the
configuration. Therefore this variable is also available for OOo. If we change
the variable to 2.3.1 for the installation (which is of course very easy), we
will also change the  default installation directory, many many registry entries
and last but not least the version of OOo.  Using different numbers for
Installer and OOo will be very dangerous. It would be simpler only to change
some bitmaps, but this has to be specified by user experience.
This is still one for you.

This is what I understood:
PRODUCTNAME and PRODUCTVERSION are variables for OOo runtime. 
ABOUTBOXPRODUCTVERSION should be a new variable for OOo runtime.

The installer uses also variables:
PRODUCTVERSION (same name, different application) is used to create paths and registry entries for 
OOo (as you just said)
Its value will then be forwarded to define PRODUCTVERSION for OOo runtime.

Then how is ABOUTBOXPRODUCTVERSION defined for OOo runtime?

Bitmaps: They are used for the installer, for the splash, and for the about box. 
They can remain "PRODUCTNAME major.minor" - without "micro"
But the highlighted areas in the attached image are strings. Where do they come from?

Can we use ABOUTBOXPRODUCTVERSION for the installer, whereever the version number is visible to 
the user, and continue to use PRODUCTVERSION where paths and registry entries are created?

Hi Martin,
I suggest to update the bitmaps also for minor versions with x.y.z version
information.
In addition the displayed version string in the setup/installer should get an
".1" string added.

Is this ok for you, Martin?

The displayed version string in the installer should only be changed at very
selected places. We cannot change it completely. I would have to introduce a new
variable containing the ".1" in many many strings (probably some hundred
strings, with localization many thousand strings). That is probably not what we
want.
Changing the bitmaps is no problem, but every string is difficult and
translation relevant.

Showing up again with OOo 2.3.1 RC1, where everything is "2.3" except about-box.
No solution here?

I'm changing the target to 3.x, as it is not worth anymore for 2.4.1

Can this be managed with our repackaging for 3.x ?

Adjusting the summary according to new target

Still true for 3.0.1 which shows 3.0 as version in its installation.

CCing UX-Lead Christoph Noack as I think this a usablity thing.

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