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No, this is great. It will make version numbers not matter anymore. Either you use the latest version or you can't really complain about security, stability or
by Flow 14y ago
No, this is great. It will make version numbers not matter anymore. Either you use the latest version or you can't really complain about security, stability or feature issues.
- hackinthebochs 14y agoI totally disagree with this philosophy. I do not want my software to be a living-breathing entity. My browser even less so. Security issues aside, I do not want to ever update until a new feature is released that compels me to upgrade. God knows how many times I've upgraded a perfectly good piece of software just to be greeted with unwanted bloat or regressions in features. I hate this trend towards removing the meaning of version numbers. Don't get me wrong, I understand the massive boon to security that this model will bring. But there's no reason why software can't auto-update just security releases.
- mccr8 14y agoAs a practical matter, the more releases that have to be supported with security fixes, the less secure each will end up being, as there is less testing of each individual version, and divergent code bases may need different security fixes.