Harry,
Post by Harry PotterShould I update my Template Creator for Windows software--even if I'm the
only user? Just asking....
That fully depends.
Updating for the sake of updating is just silly. Full stop. You could than
as wel just increment the programs version number and the copyrights last
date and be done with it (which you could even automate :-) ).
But if you think that the changes will make the program run better or even
make it more readable (to you, the maintainer) than you have a good reason.
But one suggestion: Stay away from "feature creep" (adding stuff because it
/might/ be usefull to someone, somewhere). It might look swell to have your
program do all kinds of esotheric stuff (next to its basic functionality),
but in the end you will be left with a (big) program that you as maintainer
or user can't handle anymore ...
So, the question should not be "Should I update?", but "does the change
benefit the program and its users?".
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
P.s.
I regulary update programs and scripts I've written. Simply because of
having gained experience and now regarding/recognising earlier versions as
being somewhat clumsy or even ugly. I than dive in and "refactor" the
involved procedures. Seldom the whole program/script (though that happens
too).