[Release] Philosophical Discussion - The updates button is useless - discuss

[Andreas Raab]

Keith Hodges wrote:
> I am just asking the relevant question, why do you need an update in the
> firstplace? Who needs it and what for?

I have asked this question in the past, I'll ask it again: Have you ever 
worked in an environment where multiple people have worked together on 
the same project/product? If you have, how have you synchronized the 
changes between the developers?

There's your answer. When developers work together they need a way of 
syncing their code base quickly. Updating from a set of packages does 
just that. It is common practice in every software project that I am 
aware of, regardless whether you use MC or SVN. In SVN every day begins 
with an "svn update" to ensure you see what's changed. In MC every day 
begins with a "MCPackageBrowser updateAllLoadedPackages" (as it's called 
at Qwaq).

Cheers,
   - Andreas