Not really, the files on our server ARE obviously "precisely the ones they are supposed to be", but when they are distributed online they CAN possibly suffer from delays in replication over the 270+ local Cloudflare nodes.
And it's PRECISELY because of this, our program CHECKED them and tries to re-download them if they failed the check. So, it's doing precisely the job is supposed to do: trying in every way to get you the correct files, instead blindly trusting whatever it comes from the internet.
Well in the end I don't get the files I'm supposed to if the node is not up to date... So it is obviously NOT working as intended. Your program might be doing it's job exactly as you want it, but if that is not sufficient to get to the expected result (poeple getting the new version) it's propably time to reconsider said method.
If your system would work, nobody would ever bother about version numbers or different methods of knowing if their software is up to date.
Also, of course it is your responsability to make sure we get the files we are supposed to get. You can't blame the distribution system you chose yourself. There may be reasons for this and it's nice you try to explain them, but that doesn't help.
And that's precisely why in the Sticky thread is indicated which files you shouldn't worry about.
It also states that: "...by simply noticing if the Live Update
doesn't download anything if you run it after this offline installer." Wich never is the case! So maybe you shouldn't write that there because poeple think that there might be a scenario in wich the updater doesn't download anything and always think their node is not up to date.
Just beside the whole topic on how to know wich of the 191 lines within 1 min and 14 seconds I get to read, are the ones that are supposed to be the files I should not bother about. (yes I recorded the process and counted the lines)
That is wrong, the only problems are caused by the only servers we don't have any control on.
Why is that wrong? You chose to work with that servers. For me as a user this is your side of the process. If I'm not getting the files I need, the only one I can blame is you, not the delivery service.
2) By doing it properly
Yes... do it properly then... If your other methods are not working correctly why not do it properly?
I don't expect you to argue about that. I'm not a programmer and there are propably a thousand reasons for or against something wich I don't understand. But if it doesn't work something should change!
I also made a different suggestion here:
https://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,26826.msg182140.html#msg182140You choose to stick with what you've got and blame people for asking the same questions? Maybe something is just unclear in your communication. Like saying "nothing is downloaded" wich is never the case. Or claiming we want version numbers even if you tell them that this would be a bad decision. Maybe there is a reason that people want to get some kind of confirmation that they are up to date without having to read through 191 lines of uncomprehensive stuff in 1´14.
And the only one that can change that is you! That's why people come here and make those suggestions.
PS: When I refer to "you" of course I don't mean you personally but "you as the developers"
