Friends,
Responding to my observation about the sizes of updaters for WINFIN
since 2k, Barbara asked
Does that indicate that there are more and more bugs they have fixed?
and Jari asked
So, what you show here is that a Finale updater is always between
1.5-8 MB and the rest is dependent on whether updates to
documentation/sound/etc are bundled or not?
I don't have any information about the number of bugs, or the
complexity of patches needed to resolve each one, and how much involved
changes to sound or documentation modules; my aim here is only to point
out the increase in the file size of the Windows updaters, which since
2k5 have about doubled each year. I don't intend this as anything but
raw data of some interest, which needs further evaluation and analysis
before it can be used as the base of any substantive conclusions.
Except, perhaps for one. Since I am still on download (and I realize
that I am one of perhaps a dozen and a half people for whom this is the
case), I was not able in seven attempts to successfully download the 2k8
updater; the download aborted unsuccessfully each time. Now, I know that
there are various file download management routines which can be used to
deal with the issue, and I can use one of these, but I do think, in view
of the increasing file size of updaters that it is appropriate that
MakeMusic either review their decision to discontinue offering updaters
on CD (made in 2k5), or to offer updaters in smaller pieces. For
example, I notice from the readme that certain aspects of the updater
involve saving of sound files, which I won't use; I'd have preferred to
be able to omit downloading these parts.
[NB: I have already made arrangements to obtain the updater from someone
else who has a faster connection than my 56K dial-up, and I expect in
the near future, that I, too, will be dragged, if not kicking and
screaming, then still with no great joy and exuberance, into the realm
of high-speed internet connection.
ns
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