Jim Fulton wrote:
"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
Tim Peters wrote:
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As a matter of personal experience, it gets much stabler! The older DLLs get replaced by less-buggy newer ones, thanks to version numbers, rules, and
My experience is that intra-DLL references simply don't match anymore and cause the system to become instable. Also, some weird installers don't care about the version numbers and install older versions at their will. The outcome is a complete version mess.
This has been my experince too. I cringe anytime I see some installer stuff DLLs in my system areas.
My experience has been the same as Tim's. You should generally upgrade DLL's as a matter of course, because your system will be more stable. Installers are required to check DLL versions before replacing them. Not doing this is a major sin, and reason enough to stop dealing with a vendor. Jim Ahlstrom