Version number in setup filename

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larsen
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Version number in setup filename

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Hi,

it would be nice to have the version number in the setup´s filename. At the moment, I manually add the version to the filename after downloading so I can later easily see which version I have in front of me (I store setups on my disk for quicker/offline access).

Most software projects I know already do this and if you use e.g. ANT for deployment it´s not a big deal.


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Re: Version number in setup filename

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xnview ([url=http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=80840#p80840]XnView download[/url]) wrote:
2. The file names should contain the version number.
It's not possible, many download server doesn't update the filename...
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Re: Version number in setup filename

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Umm.. so how come it´s possible for so many other projects?
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