1853673 - beta and stable installers set the same Windows ARP entries

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Installer, defect)

Description

[possenriede]

Steps to reproduce:

The beta and the stable version both set the same Windows ARP (add and remove programs) entries.
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/blob/master/FAQ.md#what-is-an-arp-entry

Current stable:

DisplayName                     DisplayVersion Publisher ProductCode                             Scope
-----------                     -------------- --------- -----------                             -----
Mozilla Thunderbird (x64 en-US) 115.2.2        Mozilla   Mozilla Thunderbird 115.2.2 (x64 en-US) Machine

beta:

DisplayName                     DisplayVersion Publisher ProductCode                           Scope
-----------                     -------------- --------- -----------                           -----
Mozilla Thunderbird (x64 en-US) 118.0          Mozilla   Mozilla Thunderbird 118.0 (x64 en-US) Machine

Actual results:

This effectively means that one cannot install the beta and stable versions side-by-side (I think? At least a 118 beta install was overwritten by the 115.2.2 stable-version installer for me).

It is also the cause of the winget package manager upgrading an install of the stable version to the beta version, cf. #1851791

Expected results:

Use different ARP settings for stable and beta releases, like Firefox does:

DisplayName                 DisplayVersion Publisher ProductCode                         Scope
-----------                 -------------- --------- -----------                         -----
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) 117.0.1        Mozilla   Mozilla Firefox 117.0.1 (x64 en-US) Machine

DisplayName                           DisplayVersion Publisher ProductCode                                 Scope
-----------                           -------------- --------- -----------                                 -----
Firefox Developer Edition (x64 en-US) 118.0          Mozilla   Firefox Developer Edition 118.0 (x64 en-US) Machine