Whats changed in the new Orcas 3/20 Release?

Hi,

I have downloaded and installed the new 'Orcas' March CTP (3.0.50727.358) -
however am unable to locate any information on what is actually new/changed
in this release since the previous Feb Version.

I have spotted a few bugs that were fixed (like some better WinFX Feb CTP
schema support) and some other minor things relating to the compilation
tasks - but not sure what else has changed. When installing it - it brought
up an error while trying to install a readme file into a hardcoded path
(which did not exist as I use a different directory structure for VS2005
which is not in the 'program files' directory) - but apart from no readme
file (and hence not being able to see what was new) - it seemed to work
fine.

On the MSDN Download page it says 'more information can be found on the
Channel 9 Wiki site for Cider. ' - however upon going there - the Wiki
hasn't been updated for a few weeks and doesn't mention anything about this
new download.

Can someone from MSFT please fill us in - and also would be really
appreciated if a readme file (and some more information) could be made
available on the MSDN download page for this release. (and would really feel
this to be a mandatory requirement for any MSDN download).

Additionally - some improvements in the versioning side of things would
really help (ie such as correctly marking the .MSI packages with the actual
versions included) - ie the indicated version on the MSDN Download page
'3.0.507027.358 ' doesn't appear in the MSI information - instead completely
different series exists - nor does the entry in the Add/Remove programs give
any further hints. I have noticed this issue over last few WinFX releases
where multiple releases were all marked 'Winfx v3 Beta1/2' making it very
confusing to know what you had previously installed.

thanks

Niall / mobilewares.net

That is the February version?

"Niall" <info@mobilewares.net> wrote in message
news:ONoo4lsTGHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have downloaded and installed the new 'Orcas' March CTP
> (3.0.50727.358) - however am unable to locate any information on what is
> actually new/changed in this release since the previous Feb Version.
>
> I have spotted a few bugs that were fixed (like some better WinFX Feb CTP
> schema support) and some other minor things relating to the compilation
> tasks - but not sure what else has changed. When installing it - it
> brought up an error while trying to install a readme file into a hardcoded
> path (which did not exist as I use a different directory structure for
> VS2005 which is not in the 'program files' directory) - but apart from no
> readme file (and hence not being able to see what was new) - it seemed to
> work fine.
>
> On the MSDN Download page it says 'more information can be found on the
> Channel 9 Wiki site for Cider. ' - however upon going there - the Wiki
> hasn't been updated for a few weeks and doesn't mention anything about
> this new download.
>
> Can someone from MSFT please fill us in - and also would be really
> appreciated if a readme file (and some more information) could be made
> available on the MSDN download page for this release. (and would really
> feel this to be a mandatory requirement for any MSDN download).
>
> Additionally - some improvements in the versioning side of things would
> really help (ie such as correctly marking the .MSI packages with the
> actual versions included) - ie the indicated version on the MSDN Download
> page '3.0.507027.358 ' doesn't appear in the MSI information - instead
> completely different series exists - nor does the entry in the Add/Remove
> programs give any further hints. I have noticed this issue over last few
> WinFX releases where multiple releases were all marked 'Winfx v3 Beta1/2'
> making it very confusing to know what you had previously installed.
>
> thanks
>
> Niall / mobilewares.net
>
>

> That is the February version?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Date Published: 3/20/2006

- Doug

Yes but the version number is exactly the same.

"Douglas Stockwell" <doug@remove.11011.net> wrote in message
news:eca9ec381194038c81da9e4da6ec0@news.microsoft.com...
>> That is the February version?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Date Published: 3/20/2006
> - Doug
>
>