Missing either exact version in download link, either date in "About" dialog box.
Hi,
The Download links and the official announcement contain the version date (Dec 24), not the exact number.
The "About" dialog box contains the version number 3.0.0.47.47, not the date.
That makes impossible to manually compare the version and download link if desired.
The download link should contain the version number, or the About dialog box should contain the date.
I know about the "Check for update" function, but want to compare myself or bypass the cases where "Check for update" fails.
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The version number is 3.0.0. 4747 is the build number, for Windows, here for RC. The final has 4785, and is not available via the "check for updates". Mac builds have different build numbers, and once we have 32bit Windows builds, those will have yet another build number.
Those build numbers is what the "check for updates" works on.
What you'd really need is the git commit SHA, that is unique across platforms. It is behind that clipboard icon.
In reply to The version number is 3.0.0… by Jojo-Schmitz
<< The final has 4785, and is not available via the "check for updates". >>
Well that should be better advertised, because from MuseScore installation it says:
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I was surprised as I was not sure to have downloaded yesterday.
But it is impossible to check due to missing version number in download links (I understand that build number differs by platform, but so do the download links, so no prob),
or adding date to "About dialog box" instead of build number only.
In reply to << The final has 4785, and… by frfancha
This is how "About" should be, with build number, date, commit number, ...:
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In reply to This is how "About" should… by frfancha
Click on that clipboard icon in MuseScore's About dialog, past here, and you'll see it is all there. Just hidden from the user. Not necessarily a bad thing considering the difference in user base compared to Visual Studio, which is programmers only?
In reply to Click on that clipboard icon… by Jojo-Schmitz
Unfortunately, the info behind the clipboard icon still doesn't contain anything which can be compared to the info on the download page.
Because the only info given on the download page is the date, and the date is not included in the clipboard text:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.0.0.4747, revision: 96c1f7b
In reply to Unfortunately, the info… by frfancha
The commit SHA should get listed on the download page. And a build date might get added to the About screen.