On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> 
> Why the second guessing? I was told that almost all software packages
> today did automatic upgrading, and I mentioned some that do not. I
> don't know why they don't offer it, and neither do you.

I suspect the answer is ``most of them do, either built in to the app, via a default package system, and/or via the operating system''.  You

> Do you have an smoke detector in your home? I don't. I don't have a
> fire extinguisher, either.

I do, as does basically everyone I know.  They're required in various ways here in the US. Perhaps we're ruining it for the rest of you. :)

Regardless, you have made it clear that you object to oranges because they might someday turn into apples.  To be explicit, here is the `sweeping under the carpet' to which you have repeatedly voiced objection:

On Jan 4, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
> I really like your suggestion.  It lets us write the DLL deployment code
> later or never, depending on what users want, but at first we will only
> do the acceptable minimum.  It can also work with a standalone GnuTLS
> W32 installer, if we ever decide that's a better approach.


Apparently `later or never' is too much like `evident that we should' for you.

*Chad