Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 21/08/11 10:21 AM, Ron Hunter wrote:
> I am running both FF7 beta channel, and have FF8 Aurora channel
> installed. There seems to be a bit of inconsistency in how the About
> dialog, and Troubleshooting dialog present the version. FF8 has the
> version as 8.0a2, with a date, and in the Troubleshooting dialog, 8.0a2,
> and the build date is in the third section.
> Meanwhile, the FF7 beta only have 7.0, both places, with the third
> section of the Troubleshooting dialog showing the build ID, and date.
> For beta and alpha versions, don't we need to know the release number,
> ie. 8.0a2 or 7.0b3?

That's not how the version suffixes work in the current system.

Right now an "a1" suffix means you are running a Nightly build, an "a2" 
suffix means you are running an Aurora build, and no suffix means you 
are running a Beta or Release build. These suffixes only change when you 
move between channels; they don't change when a particular channel 
receives a new build.

In other words, the reason you aren't seeing a suffix in your beta 
version is because it genuinely isn't there.

I don't know if there's a way to specifically identify which build 
you're running, but about:buildconfig will at least list the source 
revision that your build was compiled from.