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[Lmbrt]

Hi,

I encountered APUP only recently and I'm definitely in the process of learning its fundamentals. If I may give a humble contribution I think that for us novices a "shopping list" of Releases with SHORT references would represent a great "shortcut" above all in the first phase.

Being practical, I tried to transcribe all Releases that may be downloaded and the more experienced guys may want to add a brief aside description/advice like "you definitely need this if...", "you may want to download this if..." or "skip this unless...". I would add a "Download Order" just to keep the whole process as little messy as possible and prioritize the download of certain releases as a prerequisite during the installation for others.

The final result could be a nice little table with entries like this:

- RELEASE
DESCRIPTION: brief description
USAGE: e.g. you need/skip this if...
DOWNLOAD ORDER: 1 to 3
REFERENCES: Contributor

Example follows:

- AutoPatcher Updater 1.4.0.0 All
Description: "AutoPatcher Updater is APUP (apup.exe)".
Usage: Indispensable, "it's a good idea to have these 2 (Updater and Engine) selected along with any other releases you want, this way the programs will stay updated."
Download Order: 1
References: ViroMan and _def_x_

- AutoPatcher Engine 5.6.0.100 All
Description: "The autopatcher engine is the heart of the whole autopatcher system. It is the part that actually does the installing of updates."
Usage: Indispensable, "it's a good idea to have these 2 (Updater and Engine) selected along with any other releases you want, this way the programs will stay updated."
Download Order: 1
References: ViroMan and _def_x_

- AutoPatcher Common Modules All

- AutoPatcher per Windows 2000 SP4 (x86) Italian

- AutoPatcher for Windows XP SP3 (x86) English

- AutoPatcher per Windows XP SP3 (x86) Italian

- AutoPatcher for Windows Vista SP2 (x86) All

- AutoPatcher per Windows 2003 Server SP2... Italian

- AutoPatcher for Windows 7 SP1 (x86) All

- AutoPatcher for Windows 7 SP1 (x64) All

- AutoPatcher for Office XP (English) All

- AutoPatcher for Office 2003 (English) English

- AutoPatcher Office 2007 SP3 All

- Office Addon Pack (English) English

- SP1 Addon Pack for Office 2007 All

- SP2 Addon Pack for Office 2007 Italian

- DirectX 9.0c (V9.29.1974) Addon Pack All

- Java RE 7 Update 10 (x86) All

- Java RE 7 Update 10 (x64) All

- Extras Addon Pack English

- .NET Framework Addon Pack (x86) English

- .NET Framework Addon Pack (x64) English

- Adobe Air 3.5.0.880 Addon Pack All

- Adobe Reader X (v11.0.00) EN-US Addon English

- Adobe Reader X (v10) pt_BR Addon Pack Brazil

- Adobe Reader X (v10) ITA Addon Pack Italian

- Microsoft Security ENU Addon Pack English

- Microsoft Redistributables All


Looking forward to seeing your contributions to the list or seeing this thread terminated if you rightfully thing that it's a stupid idea...

[ViroMan]

I thought about this as well but, the idea was shot down when I proposed a change in the way things are viewed.

[Whatacrock]

Appears to be logical solution especially for new users as they will know what to download for their individual needs ...

@ViroMan --- agree with your idea so I say go for it ... once users see what is displayed will change their minds on it's usefullness.

My 2 bob's worth..

Edited by Whatacrock, 22 January 2013 - 01:19 PM.