On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 7:40 AM, Peter Steele <steeleh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a personal thing but I would like to get the updates without > downloading a new version of the ide every time. Letting the ide auto > update would be nice. I guess that could only happen when the module update > issue is resolved > > It's a balance. There's a balance between speed and stability. It's a balance between convenience and control. I tend to not tweak and customize every little thing, and simply accept and work with the defaults. So, if those go about changing on me, it's quite disruptive. I tend to be conservative in my tools and favor stability and consistency over shiny features. Netbeans already supports in flight updates, but I like that it has numbered releases that are distinct from each other. It makes it easier to migrate at my pace, not when the update button lights up or someone decides to push something down. To me, the single great feature of Netbeans is that it's one stop shopping. You download it, and you get "everything" without having to hunt and peck and grab random modules from random websites and track a zillion different paths of compatibility. That's the stability that a numbered release offers, vs a ball of mud of random, incremental updates, especially if there are inter dependencies where updating one module causes a cascade effect.
