so many places to enter the same number.  over and over and over and over again

Why are some versions strings and others numbers?  it is important to keep the numbering the same (2 vs 02) yet how to do use 02 if it is a number and strips off 2?

version at server states that it must use consistent numbers.  version used by installer is a number and "will be used by Microsoft Installer to determine whether a product needs to be updated"  is that then not used by powerserver?  when is the microsoft installer ever be used?  what about the file version?  

why would you ever want the deployment version to be different than the product version?  even if there are some edge cases (doubtful), the system should simply number everything the same by default based on the deployment version.  then it could allow you to change the other version numbers if you have nothing better to do with your time.

and if the installer product/file version is ignored (is it? if not when exactly would it be used?) it should be documented both in help and on screen that this info is not used for anything. or maybe just remove it.

the only thing is see that has any value is deployment version and min compatible version.  and what is with the dropdown boxes for those?  I have yet to see a value in the dropdown boxes.