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Bug 543392
Opened 14 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
MSI Installer should be able to install multiple instances side by side
Categories
(Firefox :: Installer, enhancement)
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(Reporter: khuey, Unassigned)
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Details
This bug is to track adding functionality to the MSI installer to enabling side by side installs. This is difficult, but not impossible.
Comment 1•14 years ago
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I really don't think this is needed as long as we still provide zip files. Multiple installs are only useful for web developers, who are (or at least should be) tech-savvy enough to know where to download the zip file and how to extract it.
Comment 2•14 years ago
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The problem with not supporting side by side builds is that the number of people testing beta builds is MUCH larger than the number of people testing nightly builds, it is much more preferable to allow them to install a second copy for evaluation, and this is often how we find out about bugs in the product including the installer. If there was a reasonable way to flush out the bugs in the MSI including the different update mechanism that is required for MSI then I wouldn't have a problem with not supporting side by side installs.
Comment 3•14 years ago
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Perhaps we could have two separate GUID's for stable and beta releases (and the third for nightlies)? This way any user could have three instances of an application installed at any time: stable, beta, and nightly.
Comment 4•14 years ago
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Yep... this possible solution has been discussed and is among the possible solutions Kyle is considering
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Comment 5•14 years ago
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I should clarify a bit, it's difficult to install multiple copies of the same version side by side. Copies of differing versions is straightforward (using exactly the method Rimas proposes) and is something I want to finish in Bug 231062.
From what I've read, your work on Bug 231062 does cover this, so would this be a duplicate?
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Comment 7•14 years ago
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No. In Bug 231062 I'm trying to avoid doing things that would make this impossible. There will still be extra work to be done.
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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