Version Numbers and MSI Upgrades; A Best Practice
WiseUser
October 16th, 2007
As a matter of best practices, we have a standard way to increment version numbers and codes based on the extent of the upgrade. I thought this might be useful to others in the community who are faced with similar challanges. As always, these worked for us but your mileage may vary.
Small Update
- Package Code - change
- Product Version - don't change
- Product Code - don't change
- Upgrade Code - don't change
Minor Update
- Package Code - change
- Product Version - change
- Product Code - don't change
- Upgrade Code - don't change
Major Upgrade
- Package Code - change
- Product Version - change
- Product Code - change
- Upgrade Code - don't change
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