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Originally posted by temp4746
EDIT: I uninstalled 5.02 without choosing to delete settings or scripts and such, and then after a reboot that it requested, installed 5.01. When I do /checkupdates, it reports no new version, can it be the updater stores the version in the registry separetly and still thinks I have 5.02?
No.
The installed version number is stored and read correctly from and to the registry.
But the update system also relies on data read from their webserver (to compare the installed version number to). And this data is:
1) Not always accurate (current flaw in the system since Plus! 5.0)
2) Not always enabled as soon as a new version is released, it can take weeks (this is by design, to spread the load on the server and to minimize to spreading when a severe bug is found after releasing).
3) The manual check (the /checkupdates command) and the build-in automatic check get their data from two different locations. Both locations have their own lifetime and 'rules' so to speak and are not in sync right away after a release (this is also by design and it has also to do with point 1 and 2).
The most accurate, at this time of writing, is the build-in automatic check. (the manual check reports 5.00.702 as latest version)
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Originally posted by temp4746
I just hope that when a new version is released (hopefully) with this BS fixed, it will notify me.
Simply check the website for the latest version and its number.
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Originally posted by temp4746
Personally this really warrants a quick release that fixes only this.
Although I (and others) completely share your concearns and opinions, something like this is not quickly fixed. The reason is that it also involves third parties and sponsors and what not. The reality is that stuff like this is unfortunatly not easily fixed like that (without braking contracts and stuff). This isn't a 'simple bug' which can be fixed in-house in an instant so to speak.
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