Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

My bloviated meandering follows what Stuart Cook graced us with on 
8/20/2011 8:06 PM:
> 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.

What if a showstopper bug is found before X.beta goes Gold, 
necessitating another build, how will one know which version they have? 
Or, are you saying that the showstopper bug would simply be fixed and 
the X.beta release will automatically get updated so it doesn't matter?

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