On 02/18/2012 08:49 PM, MCBastos wrote: > Interviewed by CNN on 19/02/2012 00:05, JAS told the world: >> Why is it that the last few updates accessed from the "check for >> updates" downloads the entire new SM program instead of just the new >> updated files? Or is it that there are that many new changes in the >> program? Just wondering. > > Well, for anything *but* the most recent update, it will download the > full install file. Mozilla (and Seamonkey) only offer a "patch" for the > most recent update. > > For instance, if you waited too long to upgrade from 2.6.1 to 2.7, and > when you did upgrade 2.7.1 had already been released, then you get the > full download. Even if you are upgrading from 2.7.0 to 2.7.2, for that > matter. > > (Why not download the consecutive patches instead? Well, because it > doubles -- or triples -- the users' annoyance, for comparatively small > savings in bandwidth). > > And... sometimes the patch download fails, and then Seamonkey (or > Firefox, or Thunderbird) downloads the full upgrade as a fallback. >
The Firefox & Thunderbird updates were about 1.8MB each. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
