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Title: Windows installer for 2.4a1 shows non-standard version
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Components: Windows Versions: Python 2.4
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: loewis Nosy List: loewis, paul.moore, theller
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Created on 2004-07-09 11:03 by paul.moore, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg21454 - (view) Author: Paul Moore (paul.moore) * (Python committer) 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) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-07-09 12:15
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Martin v. Loewis builds the MSI's.  Assigned to him.
msg21456 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-07-09 20:13
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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) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-07-10 09:31
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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) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-07-11 13:50
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I'm closing this myself, as "won't fix". I assume that's OK.
msg21459 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-07-17 09:18
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It turned out that the problem was still somewhat different
than I thought it was, so the next alpha should display
2.4a2 everywhere.
History
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2022-04-11 14:56:05adminsetgithub: 40527
2004-07-09 11:03:04paul.moorecreate