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"Asa Dotzler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] wrote:
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> Fx misrepresents the version and the UA for beta builds even in
>>> about:support
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>> To clarify, the UA is not at issue, but the user should be able count on
>> getting an accurate version (one that is unique to the release) at least
>> from about:support, never mind about. Now that you've made it clear that
>> even about:support can't be trusted, to guarantee an accurate version you
>> have to open about:buildconfig, open the changeset uri on a remote site,
>> and
>> note the most recent (among several) release tag (e.g.
>> FIREFOX_6_0_RELEASE).
>> Crazy, considering that a simple and universal help->about used to
>> suffice.
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> I think you should go back and re-thing this. Your argument here is absurd
> and a misrepresentation of what I said.
I misrepresented nothing. Every beta release shows the same version
(equivalent to the release). To get the accurate human readable beta
version (e.g. 6.0b5), you have to take the steps I outlined. 3.6 used to
show the beta version in help->about. So the point stands, a trivial and
universal help->about, has been replaced with an arcane, multi-step
procedure requiring an external navigation.