Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 8/20/2011 10:51 PM, Sailfish wrote:
> 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?
>

Yes, or at least that seem to be what happened on the FF6 beta a couple 
of weeks ago.  Checking my update log, revealed one 'out of schedule' 
FF6 beta release.
Checking update history seems a better way to track versions than any 
other method.