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[Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I still have to see how twisted and evil we can get with drivers.

From: Rivera, Rafael [mailto:rafael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:59 PM
To: Garrett Serack
Cc: Trevor Dennis; coapp-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] Questions, Questions, Questions

Welllllllll, drivers.... never mind. /hides



On 8/12/2010 9:18 PM, Garrett Serack wrote:
We're NEVER GONNA UPGRADE using MSI.

NEVER.

Windows Installer fucked this up, and we're not gonna follow.  We always want it physically possible to have two versions installed. This is the secret sauce to "No Reboots. Fucking Ever."  :D

G

From: coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Dennis
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:07 PM
To: Rivera, Rafael
Cc: coapp-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:coapp-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] Questions, Questions, Questions


On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Rivera, Rafael <rafael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:rafael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Oh, sorry. Wow. I just fell into that GUID-being-a-real-GUID trap that was just talked about moments ago. Yikes.

/rafael


On 8/12/2010 8:49 PM, Eric Schultz wrote:
Rafael,

We want to be able to provide a consistent ID for a package no matter how many times its built. By using the package name, version, architecture and the publisher's public key token, the same package will always have the same ID.

Eric

 I have another quick question. Are these ID's in anyway related to the ProductCode and UpgradeCode in the end MSI?
If so, the UpgradeCode must be consistent among all versions of a single product.  It cannot change with the version number.  If this value changes, Windows cannot find the correct product to upgrade when installing the newer MSI for a package.  We may need a way of tracking this GUID and keeping it the same across releases.

If we generate it via your hash, it should be okay as long as version is not included.

On the other hand, ProductCode and PackageCode must be unique on every new MSI update.  They could include the version, or simply be a real GUID.

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Trevor Dennis