On 2010-02-03, sc wrote: > On Wednesday 03 February 2010 09:46:12 am Matt Wozniski wrote: > > > Most software users in general don't need this. The only > > reason to update to the latest patch is either to be able to > > make use of a new feature or to pick up a new bugfix. As > > someone who is an advanced vim > > > > matt matt matt -- you're one of the smartest and most helpful > people on this list but i can't let you make a statement like > that without calling you on it > > possibly the largest, but certainly a large subset of patch > downloaders do so to decrease the time after patches are released > and subsequent bugs are discovered -- the more people who stay > current, the quicker new bugs are discovered > > we love vim, we love open source, and keeping an eye on things in > this manner is our way of giving back to the community -- we, or > at least some of us, have made good livings as programmers and > feel it's the least we can do to contribute and stay in the game > > you must have meant "the only reason for most software users to > update..." > > ok -- never mind
I'm with Matt on this one. I normally have enough to do to keep up with my responsibilities on the project I'm paid to work on--I don't have a lot of time to spend babysitting my tools. As it happens, I have a personal interest in Vim so I do try to take the extra time and effort to keep my various installations up to date. Nevertheless, I would not recommend to anyone else that they do this. I have very seldom found it _necessary_ to use the very latest version. Before I learned about the Cream site, I just used the N.0 version on Windows until N+1.0 was released and it worked well enough. If it ain't broke, .... Regards, Gary -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
