307599 - Upgrade from 1.0.6 to 1.5 Beta 1 shows wrong version in Add or Remove Programs

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Eric Ellenberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4

I just installed 1.5b1 over 1.0.6. Add/Remove Programs shows "Mozilla Firefox
(1.4)" when it should show "Mozilla Firefox (1.5)". The user-agent string also
reports "Firefox/1.4".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Firefox 1.0.6.
2. Install Firefox 1.5b1.
3. Open Add or Remove Programs to see the 1.4 version label.

Actual Results:  
Add or Remove Programs shows "Mozilla Firefox (1.4)".

Expected Results:  
Add or Remove Programs should show "Mozilla Firefox (1.5)".

Comment 1

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

--> INVALID

1.4 IS the correct version number for 1.5 beta1.  It will not be version 1.5
until the release version.

Comment 2

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

OK unmarking this as INVALID.  The user agent string is correct.  The user agent
string will not say 1.5 until it is an official 1.5 release.  The 1.4 beta
releases will be designated 1.4 for beta1 and 1.4.1 for beta2.

The code is currently using the UA version in the add/remove programs entry.  I
suppose the code could be modifified to use a different string for that, so I am
going to reopen this so that can be considered.

Comment 3

[Benjamin Smedberg]

The internal version number for firefox 1.5 beta1 is "1.4", and the version
number for beta2 will be "1.4.1". This is by design (to allow for testing of the
update system, among other things).

Comment 4

[Ryan Flint [:rflint] (ping via IRC for reviews)]

*** Bug 311408 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***