Title: RE: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes
Thanks for the feedback Jeremy. I think
that’s a valid concern, so the warning idea is definitely out. So it
sounds like the decision is basically between using * or lots of question
marks. If people feel that the star syntax is clearly better, then I agree it’s
a good idea. But if there’s no clear consensus on it being a win then we
might just leave it alone since everyone is already familiar with the current
syntax.
Derek
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3:52 PM
To: WiX-users
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc:
Package element changes
From: Bob Arnson
Sent: Wed 8/2/2006 8:44 AM
>
> Derek Cicerone wrote:
> > I've done some more thinking about this. I think Rob's main
objection with
> > making Product/@Id optional was that someone might accidentally
forget to
> > specify it. However, what if we displayed a warning to the user
whenever
> > they omitted the Property/@Id attribute informing them that doing so
is
> > non-standard and would result in generating a new ProductCode for
each build
> > - thus making it impossible to do anything other than major upgrades.
>
> Why should that be a warning?
I agree totally. As far as I'm concerned this is a useful feature. I want to be
sure the ProductCode changes every time, to ensure that it is impossible to do
anything other than major upgrades. This may be an unusual requirement, but
it's a valid one and I shouldn't like to see a warning for it.
I'm sure mine isn't the only environment where warnings are forbidden in
production builds. If this were to generate a warning, the warning ought to be
very specific to this case, and it should be possible to suppress this one
warning from the command line. Even that's messy though - I'd far rather there
not be a warning for this.
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