The important metric here would be package activity. If you don't have the package or its out of date, all other benefits don't really matter. Granted, in the W

The important metric here would be package activity. If you don't have the package or its out of date, all other benefits don't really matter. Granted, in the Windowsing world, package count is a lot lower, as it's all about big applications and not minor libraries and utilities as in Unix (or worse). So it's easier to catch up. The best thing for a Windows packager would be some kind of automatic change detecting site powering it -- so if there's a new release for WinWidget appearing on the Download section of Frobnicorp. Inc, the recipe for the previous release is tested and updated.