525488 - SeaMonkey 2.0 release notes should highlight that installing directly over 1.x will result in a non-working installation.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Website, defect)

Description

[Philip Chee]

Given numerous reports of people attempting to install SeaMonkey 2.0 into the same location as SeaMonkey 1.x which results in a non-functioning installation, the should be added to the release notes under known issues.

Example wording:

Installing SeaMonkey 2.0 into the same location where an older version of SeaMonkey is installed will result in a non-working installation. Either install SeaMonkey 2.0 to a different location - for example the default installation location as given by the installer - or un-install the older version of SeaMonkey first.

Comment 1

[Robert Kaiser]

The wording is basically OK, but we need to have a bug report associated with any item in the known issues section, and I feel we should update removed-files anyhow to actually make installation over an old build possible, at least for the default installation (we can't account for any add-on installed in a 1.x app directory).

Comment 2

[Philip Chee]

I filed Bug 526202 for the actual issue.

Comment 3

[Robert Kaiser]

cvs commit: Examining src/releases/seamonkey2.0
Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.0/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.0/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.11; previous revision: 1.10
done