How to update

Have Lightning 0.8.  Attempting to upgrade to 0.8rc2 for windows 32 from 
the website:

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.8rc2/

Downloaded, then installed over the top and restarted TB (twice). 
However the extension window in TB 2.0.0.12 still reads 0.8, not rc2. 
Fear that if I must first delete 0.8 then would lose everything.   So 
how can it be updated without losing anything?  (Read on this newsgroup 
last week, that several items were fixed in rc2 so would like to try it 
out.)

Second question:  Why is that Moz ftp site opens in IE, not FF?  There 
is no ftp file type, and only method I've found is to bookmark your site 
in FF and open from there. How to make a permanent change?

* Bas van den Bosch wrote, On 4/12/2008 00:30:
> rc2 is a release-candidate, so 0.8 is newer then 0.8rc2. No need to 
> update from 0.8 to 0.8rc2. Also, there are no differences between 0.8 
> and rc2 afaik.
> 
> gr
> 
> Bas
> 
> 
> Miles schreef:
>> Have Lightning 0.8.  Attempting to upgrade to 0.8rc2 for windows 32 
>> from the website:
>>
>>
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.8rc2/

>>
>>
>> Downloaded, then installed over the top and restarted TB (twice). 
>> However the extension window in TB 2.0.0.12 still reads 0.8, not rc2. 
>> Fear that if I must first delete 0.8 then would lose everything.   So 
>> how can it be updated without losing anything?  (Read on this 
>> newsgroup last week, that several items were fixed in rc2 so would 
>> like to try it out.)
>>
>> Second question:  Why is that Moz ftp site opens in IE, not FF?  There

>> is no ftp file type, and only method I've found is to bookmark your 
>> site in FF and open from there. How to make a permanent change?
>> Miles

I had read that there are considerable fixes in rc2.  At any rate, how 
is it installed?
Miles

rc2 is a release-candidate, so 0.8 is newer then 0.8rc2. No need to 
update from 0.8 to 0.8rc2. Also, there are no differences between 0.8 
and rc2 afaik.

gr

Bas


Miles schreef:
> Have Lightning 0.8.  Attempting to upgrade to 0.8rc2 for windows 32 from 
> the website:
> 
>
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.8rc2/

> 
> 
> Downloaded, then installed over the top and restarted TB (twice). 
> However the extension window in TB 2.0.0.12 still reads 0.8, not rc2. 
> Fear that if I must first delete 0.8 then would lose everything.   So 
> how can it be updated without losing anything?  (Read on this newsgroup 
> last week, that several items were fixed in rc2 so would like to try it 
> out.)
> 
> Second question:  Why is that Moz ftp site opens in IE, not FF?  There 
> is no ftp file type, and only method I've found is to bookmark your site 
> in FF and open from there. How to make a permanent change?

Miles wrote:
> 
> I had read that there are considerable fixes in rc2.  At any rate, how 
> is it installed?
> Miles
> 
Yes, 0.8rc2 contains fixes compared to 0.7, and even some compared to 
0.8rc1. But 0.8rc2 is a _release candidate_ for the _release_ 0.8. If 
you have 0.8, you don't need 0.8rc2.
But if you really, really want to downgrade like this, you need to 
uninstall 0.8 first. That should not loose any data, but to be sure, 
back up your profile:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:QA_TestDay:2008-03-06#BEFORE_YOU_START--BACKUP_
YOUR_PROFILE

* Stefan Sitter wrote, On 4/12/2008 04:14:
> The final Lightning 0.8 release from mozilla.org has the build ID 
> 20080331xx (with xx being some uninteresting number in this case). You 
> can check this from Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions -> Lightning.
If the 
> build ID matches the one from above you are using the latest Lightning 
> release.

Thanks everyone.  Yes, I do have the latest and the greatest.