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  1. and i posted that it isn't so it can be fixed because i don't like taking the time to manually download and then install.

    Then simply wait and it will update when it's your client's "turn".

    And there is no need to 'install' just download the exe into the installation directory and overwrite the older version. (stop the client first).

  2. You've got it... :P

    Man, ... You really should give up this silly vendetta/hate campaign or whatever it is you think you are doing, because you are making it far too easy for me to pull your strings and get you dancing :)

    All I need to do is leave you a little bit of tasty bait laying around and you're on it like a rat on a sandwich.

  3. Here's a question - if we're subscribed to this thread, why don't we get notified when there is a new build posted?

    Because a thread subscription does not send a 'thread updated' when a post and/or the thread title is edited to add , only when a new post is added.

  4. Yes I understand how that works internally for developers, but I do not understand:

    a) how that links to end users on the web (uTorrent etc) (Not my field) for released versions?

    B) how/why multiple web releases on the same download link are allowed, one documented, one undocumented, with a large difference in size?

    c) how/why an Alpha build can be inserted in a Beta sequence on the Web?

    d) why three (or possibly more) Web undocumented releases with different builds (diff > 200 to date) have exactly the same size. Statistically suspicious.

    Not particularly "suspicious" for distrubuted systems, I don't imagine for one minute that there is only one, single point (node) in the versioning system that releases builds to the CDN, and with the frentic pace that Alpha and Beta builds are done it's not really surprising there are anomalies in the way they appear at the public end.

    And of course the only ones who actually notice this occuring, are the small percentage of users that are actively testing Alpha and Beta versions and builds so are checking on at least a daily basis for new builds. The overwhelming majority of uTorrent and BitTorrent users will not notice anything untoward because they will only be updating if and when their client informs them of a new version being available.

  5. One hypothesis is that they grabbed an earlier build and are just changing its internal version data to test their Silent auto-updating etc.

    Build numbers are automatically updated/incremented by the CVS / compiler when the source code is built (=compiled) into an executable file.

  6. Rafi wote:
    Another beta test build that is no longer there...

    30246 beta is indeed there for download...You should really try before being so Gung-ho.

    mike20021969 wote:

    The download links are a bit of a lucky dip/Russian roulette sometimes as to what build you get.

    Not here it isn't!

    UK - 15:25 UTC

  7. That's how CDNs work, there are multiple data centres with multiple servers and requests is sent to the cheapest ('cheapest' as in least cost routing terms NOT monetary) node with available resources to handle the request, and updating content to a CDN follows a similar principle because updating the data to ALL nodes at the same instance would result in a resource drain on the network, and as CDNs are intended for high availability, anything that can create a very high burst of activity is avoided, as it would be a bit pointless for a CDN to be creating a DoS attack on it's own system from time to time. Your results are simply the net effect of that'rolling' or staggered updating.

  8. We are not talking about you here...

    Oh I see...We is incorrect as you state....Unless you are taking it upon yourself to talk for everyone on here!

    Actually "We" IS the correct term to use, because it is refering to all, or most of the other responders to this particular discussion.

    Do the Constitutions of both the United States and of India that both start off with "We the people ..."mean everybody in those particular counries? "We" in the context used here is simply a grammatical construct meaning "the community". Of course it does not mean that the one using that construct speaks for every individual, it is simply used as an analogy for "I believe that the general feeling of the collective is, ...".

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