Sending updates when a mod is updgraded to 4.0
 

I just noticed the sticky saying this isn't allowed, I just wanted to throw it out there that many have been awaiting a few mod updates (who visited today and post thanks for example) to 4.0 and having those sent to us through the update feature would be welcomed IMO. Whenever I get an update that I am not interested in I ignore it anyway, I don't see why there would be a rule against this.

Sorry if this has been discussed here already, I didn't see a thread on it and I appreciate the chance to throw this out there.

The updates system is for updates to the existing modification, not for notifications about other modifications. This has always been the case.

Isn't a 4.0 update still the same modification? Is vBulletin 4 a different app than vB 3 (as they keep releasing updates for both series), and not an upgrade? Most mods are just increasing their version number, just like vB does.

It's just posted in another topic to keep it tidy. Having bug reports for both versions etc. together would be a mess.

So the trick is just asking to move your vB3 mod to the vB4 section (with all mess included)? Not very deliberate :)

They are seperate releases.

If a member has 15 (say) 3.8 mods installed, and are still running 3.8.4, they they do not need 15 notifications telling them about vb4 versions. Thats almost like spamming. If / when they move to vb4, there are plenty of ways for them to find if a 4.0 version exists (such as simply looking at the authors profile).

I personally would /LIKE/ 15 notifications about vb4 versions. (It'd be better if they could be combined into a digest email sent weekly, but 15 separate emails is better than none at all)

There are a few mods that i'm waiting on a vb4 version becoming avaliable before upgrading my boards.

Has anyone acctually complained about notifications?

Yes

Well stop it Lynne :D I can understand but at the same time the end user should look and search I feel too.

I agree with NOT using the modification system to post about new releases for a separate and somewhat incompatible version of vBulletin.

I don't see a problem with posting a message in the thread or a note in the description that a 4.0.x version is available, just not marking the 3.x version as having a upgrade. You wouldn't mark 4.0.x version as "UPGRADE" when a new 3.x version is available. =)

Along that lines, I wish that the Selective Forum Filter mod was installed on vBulletin.org so I could filter out the forums for items that are for a version I don't need to read about.

4,568 Unread posts and about 3900+ are for something I don't need.=/

We used to have someting like that which would exclude the old premium forums. I think it got removed when they got removed.

Often times I think people opt out of subscribing to a thread because once their question is answered they don't want to be flooded by it anymore. We are always notified when vB is upgraded to a new version as well, just some food for thought.