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

[Andreas Raab]

Keith Hodges wrote:
> Andreas Raab wrote:
>> There's your answer. When developers work together they need a way of
>> syncing their code base quickly.
> When they are developing yes.

Thank you.

>> 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).
> And I build my images from scratch.

And you are free to do so. But the question was what the update button 
is good for. The update button is good for syncing quickly during 
development. In the above you specifically agree to that. Q.E.D.

Cheers,
   - Andreas