Thread: Calibre Main program should update itself instead of prompting manual download
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Old 09-19-2021, 08:03 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
No, plenty of programs work like Calibre for updates, assuming they ever have updates.
The other extreme is auto-update by big companies that don't even test.

I prefer the way Calibre works. Thanks Kovid.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin View Post
In addition to concurring with the other replies, I'd add that Calibre's update cycle is very regular. Mr Goyal does remarkably well sticking very closely to a 14-day release cycle. That's not really "every few days" imo.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
And you don't have to install every update. I usually update when there's something major or some feature I'm really interested in. Or when a bug was fixed that bothered me.

Sometimes I go a couple of months between Calibre updates.

I like that you can choose when to update.

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