[Qt-interest] Windows 7 and VirtualStore woes

[Stephan Rose]

On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 13:46 +0400, Constantin Makshin wrote:
> OK, I see. Anyway, I didn't (at least, didn't want to) say automatic  
> updating is a no-no. I said it should be avoided when possible.
> 
> Obviously, when you have to update a program on many computers, updating  
> each one manually is somewhat... problematic. And in your case you check  
> that things aren't going to break after the update before clients get the  
> new version of your application.
> 
> But doing an automatic update in uncontrollable environment with millions  
> of different hardware-software combinations is risky because if even the  
> new application works on your QA computer[s], it may not work on every  
> user's computer. Besides that, not all users are technically advanced and  
> they'll be very confused, if not scared, if your application suddenly  
> begins to malfunction.

In some cases though exactly that is necessary. Think online games. It's
crucial that everyone is running with the same version client & data.

Stephan