On 2011/02/05 17:17, Chris Muller wrote:
Thanks Ian! I will download, test and upload right away. One quick question: What does the 110205 in the filename represent?
Hi Chris,
Thats just the date. I wrote the original NSIS installer script to provide a setup for Pharo and later for Squeak too. Thanks to Ian this work is not lost and now finds a new home.
When I wrote the initial version all packaged Pharo images had the "build date" in its name since from time to time there was (beside the usual update mechanism) a read to run image uploaded on the INRIA server and this date was the only possibility to see which package was newer.
Since I provided the Installer files in parallel I used the same convention for the Pharo installer. Dont know if that makes sense for Squeak since AFAIK full releases like 4.2 only happen from time to time.
However: you should note the following, the executable for the Windows VM has a VERSION ressource section. Andreas has integrated this in the VM sources after I suggested it.
So you can right click on the *.exe and look at its version - like in any other windows executable.
This version number is also important for the setup, if the MSI (Microsoft installer) installer program finds a higher version of the exe it might not install the one from the setup package (since the file on disk is already newer).
Also the NSIS file includes a version (see the script) and this should always increment. This version is shown in the windows control panel (the one where you can remove installed programs).
Bye Torsten
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