Where is the "List of bugs" document for .NET 2.0 SP1 ???

I just don't understand.

Why can't I find the obvious needed document of what was changed in the newly released .Net 2.0 Service Pack 1?

If you look at the download page of .NET 1.1 SP1 you'll see in the "Related Resources" section a link to SP1 Knowledge Base Article.

so why on earth is the same doc missing from the download page of .NET 2.0 SP1 ?

My guess? It is not ready yet.

 

I went to our R&D Manager and ask him whether we would be able to install SP1 in our next release. So he asked me: "what is in this service pack?". And I answered:

"Gee boss, I wish I know..."

 

You there over Microsoft!

you won't be able to say RTM (I prefer the polite version), that is if you don't actually supply the manual...

 

P.S.

I will be glad to update this blog with a link and an apology if this doc exists in the time of writing and it is just me who just can't find it.
(it happens to men all the time: It is Proven: Men See Six Time Worse Than Women)

UPDATE: The missing article was published!!! read my comment

.Net 2.0 SP1 - not supported on Vista ???

I have download Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86).

As you can see, it says it support Windows Vista.

But when I try to install it on my Vista Ultimate (32 bit) - I get:

So what is going on here?

Update

I have decided to try to install .net 3.5 (as it contains the .net 2.0 SP1)
And guess what:

So the stand alone of 2.0 SP1 fails, but as part of 3.5 - it works... strange.

Another update

I have submitted a comment on Doug Stewart's blog regarding this problem, and he was nice enough to give a meaningful answer:

Because .NET 2.0 is a built in component of the operating system in Windows Vista rather than something you install separately, any updates use a completely different installer mechanism.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307 for more details.

Such updates come as MSU files.

At this time we have not released a 2.0 SP1 MSU.

The .NET 3.5 install does, however, include the update to raise 2.0 on Vista to the SP1 level so that 3.5 can install and function correctly.

So now I just wish Microsoft will update their download page about supporting Vista...

Visual Studio 2008 is here!

as for Neil Kidd blog - VS 2008 is already here.

I'm in my way to download it.

Hope to see Rosario too as fast as they can...

Live Search Webmaster Center - Verification Error

I read MSDN Blogs.

And so I found out this new service "Live Search Webmaster Center".
So I wanted to play with it on my current Blog Site.

This service required you to prove you are the owner of the site (make sense).
In fact "Google Analytics" do the same.

I have choose to validate using the Meta Tag.
But I got:

Verification error
We weren't able to authenticate the website

When I look at the Source (view source) I see that BlogSpot played a little with my Meta tag:

the inverted commas were replaced by single apostrophe, and the order of attributes ("name" and "content") was replaced too.

from:

<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="here comes the unique code" />

to:

<meta content='here comes the unique code' name='msvalidate.01'/>

 

I don't think such minor changes should have break the validation.

Now, the other validation way is to put an XML file in the website's root.
But I don't think it is possible here in BlogSpot.

Help is needed...

Same IIS settings? Not any more!

Are you using "Web Application Project" in Visual Studio 2005?
(yes, the same VS project type which was added as an add-in and later as a part of the Service Pack 1)

If you do, you probably know this screen shot:

Now, if you work with Source Control system you had a problem setting the project to use IIS Web Server. why? because those settings were kept in the .proj file which was saved in the Source Control System.

What the problem with that? it means all team members should have the same Virtual Directory or Websites.

Not any more.

Microsoft published an hotfix (kb 942844) which lets you move this information from the .proj file to the .user file

As you probably know, the .user file is not checked in to the source control, so each user will have its own setting.

You'll need to manually change the .proj file to set SaveServerSettingsInUserFile property (which the hotfix adds) to true (see the kb for exact syntax).

Be sure that all group's developers install it before changing this - as I guess they'll get into problems if they get the updated .proj file without the hotfix installed.

The big question is - When

This week Microsoft announced that "Visual Studio 2008" will be released by the end of this month (November 2007).

And now begins the real question: When will Visual Studio code name "Rosario" will be released...

Why do I take it as the real question?

Because also VS 2008 does give you a lot of new Development & Testing options and upgrade the Build Integration ability  - its really doesn't step you forward regarding Application Life cycle Management.

What do I miss the most:

1. Built in Hierarchy between work items.
2. Word Integration for Requirements Management
3. Real Integration with Project Server (with the Hierarchy from the first bullet)

You can, of course, develop those abilities yourself, or use open source & third parties tools.

in fact Steve Lange discussed some of those options in his extremely clear article series about Requirements Management in TFS.

And for Hierarchy - you can use Loïc Baumann's Work Item Creator application, or Custom Work Item Hierarchy on CodePlex.

So why is the Rosario's Release date so critical? because it influence directly on the decision whether to implement / buy third parties tools or to wait...

Do you know something about the scheduled release? if you do (and of course allowed to tell) please post back.

Registered with Technorati

So I found an interesting Blog Search Engine called Technorati.
I will give it a try

What do you think about it?