Why are apps like Fairemail, Voyager, etc. updated so often? Why don’t they collect the changes and release them once a month or something like that?
It’s interesting that every time I open Voyager I see an update warnin at the bottom. Is that really required?
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It’s a very nice thing to have, but I do worry about the effect this has on the EMMC storage in mobile devices, which has a finite lifetime - particularly for larger cross-platform apps, seeing as two of my previous android devices failed from worn out EMMC.
At the moment I just check F-Droid notifications and manually update each app on a biweekly basis, unless there’s an urgent fix or something
It’s not required, it’s really a matter of preference. Many users, me included, prefer having access to the newest features and bug fixes right away, but that also means less time to test the code for new bugs.
For another example, look at Debian vs. Arch Linux and how they are released
Some apps are a community effort with multiple contributors. Voyager is one of those. This may have been better asked in no stupid questions. Why would you not want the latest bug fixes and features immediately after they’ve been approved?
Because Im not a beta tester, and understand that the fastest way to make a bug is to patch a different one.
I dont think this question should be in no stupid questions, but I am curious about a paired sub about answers.
What would be best? Dealing with a bug for 1 month waiting a monthly update, or dealing with a bug 2 days waiting a daily update?
Because they either don’t do QA or think automated tests are sufficient
My naive butt: “I thought Google and Apple reviewed app applications for malicious code” Older me: “bahahahahaha” cries in cyber security
