Does Visual Studio 2017 get updates put out WAY TOO OFTEN?
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Yeah. But the Version of the updater has to match the one from Visual Studio, no? :-\
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I just saw an update notification the other day (yes, I am well aware I can hide/ignore notifications, but I always like to have the latest) for "Visual Studio 2017 v15.5.6 (<--- notice the "Revision" level update now!) is available." So, now we are updating Visual Studio and making everyone download and reinstall because a new source code comment was added, or one line was changed? I mean, this is getting ridiculous. It's always great to push the latest out the community I suppose, but can't M$ space the updates out a little bit? It seems like there is an update available practically every time I open VS. So annoying. Again keeping in mind, I am annoying myself on purpose because I keep insisting to click the "Flag" when it lights up...but hey, I've been to the "DefCon" series of conferences -- I am pathological about keeping the code on my computer patched.
Why do you feel the need to actually install every update? Until and unless there is an actual benefit that outweighs the delay in and risk to your development cycle, it is in fact a bad thing to do. Just because there are a couple of fixes in areas that you didn't use anyway is not a benefit.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I just saw an update notification the other day (yes, I am well aware I can hide/ignore notifications, but I always like to have the latest) for "Visual Studio 2017 v15.5.6 (<--- notice the "Revision" level update now!) is available." So, now we are updating Visual Studio and making everyone download and reinstall because a new source code comment was added, or one line was changed? I mean, this is getting ridiculous. It's always great to push the latest out the community I suppose, but can't M$ space the updates out a little bit? It seems like there is an update available practically every time I open VS. So annoying. Again keeping in mind, I am annoying myself on purpose because I keep insisting to click the "Flag" when it lights up...but hey, I've been to the "DefCon" series of conferences -- I am pathological about keeping the code on my computer patched.
It would be super awesome if there was a way to script out the action of "check for all updates to VS2017 and download and install any that are found, including for extensions." And then I could just set the script up to run over night each night or something. M$ better get on that...
