Issue triage
WiX VS Project ignores GenerateProjectSpecificOutputFolder MsBuild property, from @Karankang007, points out that the WiX v3.x MSBuild targets do not support the
GenerateProjectSpecificOutputFolderproperty. AsGenerateProjectSpecificOutputFolderis part of the common MSBuild targets, WiX v4.x's MSBuild targets automatically get that support but WiX v3.x would need to manually implement it. We took this issue into the v3 backlog if someone wanted to implement this functionality.Incorrect link in WiX document, from @JeremyMa, points out a badly-formatted link in the WiX CHM and online manual. I enthusiastically volunteered to fix this bug.
4.0 feed can't be parsed by atomutil, from @rseanhall, reports a missing attribute in the WiX v4.0 build feed which the Burn feed parser expects and fails without. @robmen volunteered to fix this bug in the WiX v4.0 build process.
Support the newly-released .NET Framework 4.6.2, from @nathan-alden, requests support for the recently-released .NET Framework 4.6.2 in WixNetfxExtension. Bringing a tear to my eye, @nathan-alden then submitted a pull request with the implementation.
Enhance WiX Utility Extension User element to include Comment property, from @DarrelF, requests support for a comment for users created by
Userelement. As this is a new feature, we took the issue into the WiX v4 backlog.Operator ~<> does not work, from @alexsandrovp, reports an oddity when using the case-insensitive inequality operator (the emoticon-like
~<>) against a null string. I investigated and confirmed there's inconsistent behavior between the case-sensitive and case-insensitive operators. I volunteered to fix this bug in WiX v4.0.
Pull request review
Last time, we looked at the work @phillHgl has done to implement a new UI for the WiX bundle. Today we talked about how best to manage .NET Framework as a prerequisite for the WiX bootstrapper application. It's been discussed in the pull request and wix-devs mailing list so we closed pretty quickly on requiring at least .NET 4.0 for the BA and to include .NET 4.5.2, the oldest still-supported version of .NET, in the WiX chain. Shortly after the meeting, @rseanhall merged the change.