On 27/04/2015 17:35, Jim Henderson wrote:

> But that misses my point - keeping software up to date - especially when
> it comes to MMO-style games - is really important.

I am an egg.

 > I've been playing
> Destiny lately on my PS3, and it has an auto-update function built in
> that just works (never had a problem with it).  But if the game isn't
> updated and I connect to servers that have been, then that can create
> problems - the entire "system" has to be updated, which includes all the
> clients.
>
> That's part of Steam's purpose, when it comes to games.
>

That fits in with my limited experience.

> Don't want to use Steam to get Blender?  Cool, don't.  But for those who
> use Steam (esp. on Linux, like me) to run Blender and other stuff,
> finding the latest official package and updating it is a royal PITA (it's
> not part of the standard repos, and not maintained officially as part of
> the non-standard repos,so updates come when they come).  Steam keeps it
> up to date for me.
>
I live and learn. Sometimes I die and learn

> Which is nice.  Since it's related to POV-Ray in a tangential fashion, I
> thought others here may not have seen the announcement, so I passed it
> along as a matter of interest for those who might be interested.
>

Okay, not joking now. Thank you on behalf...

My point which I did not make is that constant updates can be a Pita. 
Every time I've updated Blender I have to go and change my preferences 
to what I've had before. I know, I know... But I'm lazy.
I depend on the basic functionality although I appreciate all the work 
the community does. Although I sometimes get the impression that if you 
are not using the latest wizz bang version you are looked down on.
Kids. ;-)

Same with PovRay. I have Ver 3.5 for Moray, 3.6 for Bishop3D and 3.7 for 
speed.


> For those who aren't - move along, nothing to see here.:)

Except skid marks.

Sorry if it seemed that I jumped on you. Not intended. Too much respect.
As my old dead grannie used to say.
"Your tongue will get you hung."

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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