Notepad++ v7.6.4 released

Jacktose

The post (like most updates) says

Auto-updater will be triggered in few days if there’s no critical issue found.

I understand the 7.6.0 update is frozen, but are updates from 7.6.x to 7.6.y also frozen? I’m on 7.6.3 and don’t see the update to 7.6.4.

Jacktose

Update: I guess so:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/update/getDownloadUrl.php?version=7.63&param=x86

New question: Is there any reason 7.6.x aren’t set to auto update to the latest 7.6.y? And why does the post say otherwise?

PeterJones

@Jacktose said:

New question: Is there any reason 7.6.x aren’t set to auto update to the latest 7.6.y? And why does the post say otherwise?

It’s really the same question – or, rather, the same answer. Don’s “in a few days” has historically been more than a week, and usually at least 2 weeks. It’s only been a week since the announcement, so I wouldn’t expect the auto-update to trigger for another week or so.

Meta Chuh

welcome to the notepad++ community, @Jacktose

I understand the 7.6.0 update is frozen, but are updates from 7.6.x to 7.6.y also frozen? I’m on 7.6.3 and don’t see the update to 7.6.4.

yes, due to technical reasons it is currently not possible to update 7.6.3 to 7.6.4 as it will affect other versions which would produce a major supportive issue.

currently it is not possible to separate updates to be deployed and update specific versions to newer specific versions.

New question: Is there any reason 7.6.x aren’t set to auto update to the latest 7.6.y? And why does the post say otherwise?

yes, it is currently not possible to separate updates to be deployed, and all versions would get the same update, which is currently a concern.

i apologise for the project’s sentence “Auto-updater will be triggered in few days if there’s no critical issue found.” but it clearly states the words if there's no critical issue found and the developers as well as the community has found issues.

i hope this information might be of help to you.

Jacktose

@PeterJones But there is no auto-update to 7.6.1 or 7.6.2 or 7.6.3 either.

Meta Chuh

@Jacktose

i apologise again, that you are not able to respond to follow up posts without having to wait for another 20 minutes.

this restriction for your account will be removed as soon as you have either a sufficient amount of undeleted posts, or you have reached the threshold limit of upvotes.

Meta Chuh

@Jacktose

ps: if you need information about the update triggering not working for 7.6.1 to 7.6.3 in the mean time while waiting:

the updater web server requires the notepad++ updater to send its version with a single period only, like 7.62 for version 7.6.2.

unfortunately versions 7.6.1 to 7.6.3 will send the string 7.6.1 to 7.6.3 to the updater url, which would not be recognised by the update server and causes a repeated loop of triggering “a new update is available” even though you were on the latest version.

please respect this decision to suspend all updates, as it would have caused major problems to millions of users, which would have been impossible to cope at any project or community level.

donho

FYI
Due to a regression in v7.6.4:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/6580255a2b6809a1fa951db44ec8be29698b8540

Auto-updater won’t be triggered for this release.

v7.6.5 is coming.

V S Rawat

Please separately specify if any changes have been made in plugin arrangement in this version after recent so many changes?

Seems you have still not started beta release concept?

Thanks.

Meta Chuh

@V-S-Rawat

Please separately specify if any changes have been made in plugin arrangement in this version after recent so many changes?

no user relevant changes to the plugins arrangement have been made, so if you are on 7.6.3, and you update to 7.6.4, you will not experience any changes regarding your existing plugins.

one thing you are going to like: 7.6.4 has the built in feature to open your specific plugins folder directly in an explorer window.
so you will not have to remember any past or present plugins locations, regardless where and how notepad++ is installed.
(this feature applies to both installed and portable versions, both 32 and 64 bit)

ps: if any supportive relevant changes are made or omitted, they will be posted as additional supportive notes, shortly after a release.

Seems you have still not started beta release concept?

the “beta” testing, using e.g. the appveyor artifacts, is still available and has been available for a long time.
i have given you a basic, but maybe too extensively technical guide, on how to test any version before it’s public release, a few weeks/months ago.

as the guide was, retrospectively seen, too technical, i (we) will try to write a simpler guide, suitable for the general public, as soon as i (we) can find the time to do so.