[ python-Bugs-987870 ] Windows installer for 2.4a1 shows non-standard version

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Bugs item #987870, was opened at 2004-07-09 13:03
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Category: Windows
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Paul Moore (pmoore)
Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: Windows installer for 2.4a1 shows non-standard version

Initial Comment:
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).

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-07-17 11:18

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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.

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Comment By: Paul Moore (pmoore)
Date: 2004-07-11 15:50

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I'm closing this myself, as "won't fix". I assume that's OK.

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Comment By: Paul Moore (pmoore)
Date: 2004-07-10 11:31

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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...?)

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-07-09 22:13

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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.

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Comment By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Date: 2004-07-09 14:15

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Martin v. Loewis builds the MSI's.  Assigned to him.

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