Re: [WiX-users] Methods for creating minor upgrades

[Peter S. <psh...@sd...>]

1. The pages in this section of the MSDN discuss different update types supported by Windows Installer and therefore by Wix too. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579(VS.85).aspx

2. This should help http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684 

3. Roughly speaking, there is a difference between:
A) what kind of an update you have (service pack, hotfix, rollup, etc)
B) what you use to deliver it (small update, minor update, major upgrade - see the link in point 1) and 
C) the format of the update (.msp for patches or .msi for minor and major upgrades)

The names in (A) are just names. You can call your package whatever you like but there are standardised terms to help the user. In my organisation, the name for an update is mostly decided by marketing and can change seemingly at random, but that doesnt matter because in the end it is either a small update, minor update or major upgrade, delivered as a .msp or .msi.

Wix and MSI are concerned with (B) and (C). You can call your package whatever you like (A).

If you are only adding new files, components and features, you could produce either a minor update or a major upgrade in the sense of (B). If you want to call it a service pack, that's fine as it doesnt affect anything else.

Hope that helps.


-----Original Message-----
From: luciana istoc [mailto:ist...@ya...] 
Sent: 17 November 2009 12:42
To: wix...@li...
Subject: [WiX-users] Methods for creating minor upgrades


Hi,
 
Could you help me, please, with the next issues related to minor upgrades:
 
1. What are the possibilities/recommendations for creating a minor upgrade with Wix (or in general with the installer)? Until now I know that a Service Pack is a possibility (is this correct?).
 
2. What are the differences between a "Service Pack" and an "Update Rollup"?
 
3. I have the next release scenario:
-the release comes with a completely new functionality (important and large) compared to the baseline revision. This new functionality is reflected only by new files which need to be added to the installer (in a new component and probably a new feature). The old files of the installer will not be affected.
-the new functionality is the only modification the release will come with. No other bugfixes or modifications are done to the old files.
-this new functionality is too important to include it in a small update, but at the same time not enough to create a new major version.
 
And now my questions: is it correct to create a Service Pack for this release?
 
Thank you,
Luciana


      
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