Updater Optimizations...

[LiquidEnforcer]

I was curious if this new updater will at all attempt to cut down on bandwidth by the site being modified to supply it with 'patch' files which only contain the changes from one version to the next, instead of the entire addon. Seems like something like this would really cut down on the massive bandwidth normally required to support such a tool. Just wondering if you were thinking about/planning ways to save yourselves some headaches, other than throwing more ads at it.

This thing looks pretty cool though, can't wait to take a whack at it.

[ravagernl]

Both WoWI and Curse do not host patches, as in, they distribute full AddOns.
I believe incgamers does the same.

[Kofetek]

Although module authors should be able to do so...

[Bomyne]

It sounds like a good idea in theory. In practice, it may be a bit too much work for the Updater's author, the site's admin teams or even the addon authors

[Chasiubao]

Sounds intriguing. I wonder how hard it would be to do a scripted diff on the files in two versions of an AddOn, and distribute only the new / changed files?

[septor]

Based on what I've read your idea is entirely possible, if the site that the module is written for has support for patching addons.

Since, as mentioned above, WoWI doesn't support patch downloads of addons I'm sure this isn't going to be an option on the WoWI module. Unless of course they (meaning the site overall, not the module for the site) decide to support such a feature.