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That's unfortunate, but thanks for your response, Zenju.

From it, I gather you're affected financially but I'm sure you're aware that a lot of people use FFS without contributing either. I also believe monetary gains are dependent more on the conviction of users to click on the donate URL on the ...

Thanks for 'contributing' with your insights Plerry, helpful indeed. What I wanted to know was not if the maintainers or Zenju (the FFS author) had any plans to provide Chocolatey deployments but instead support the relevant developer who voluntarily does so and depends on them as described in this ...

Could anyone from this software's official maintainers please share a conclusive status of this discussion?

You quoting your own sentence wouldn't make it factual because software that auto-updates async with no user interaction (or as you said, a true auto-updater) exists and runs on systems as well.

but either you don't fully comprehend it along with this query's impact or are too impatient to resolve ...

The small number of FFS Users via Chocolatey is a valid point however do note it's teknowledgist, the Chocolatey package creator who'd need to put in time/effort only if Zenju permits to do so - more details in this comment

I had mentioned this when the thread started but seems previous responders ...

I understood what is auto-update way before you explained it however you contradicted yourself in your own sentences. Auto-updating does not mean "Auto-updating is when you click a single button that results in the upgrade" but rather a process that upgrades a software to the latest version ...

This is where you are mistaken, as it isn't auto-updating. You have to manually get to the website, download the new version, and click through the installation by hand.

Agreed but it's where you're mistaken too as installing manually downloaded versions does not ensure not guarantee fixed ...

Noted but as far I understand, this application is usable as an open source software without a charge and the website thus has a donate URL specifically used to avail voluntary contributions.

Also the official download page already provides .exe files for Windows OS which when installed upgrade to ...

Auto-updating is part of the donation features, adding official to support to chocolatey would take away that value

Didn't understand this sentence, could you explain in more detail?

Hi,

Looking to install FreeFileSync via Chocolatey but found the last updated version to be v10.2.0.20180914 while the latest available on the website as on 30th May 2023 is v12.3 however as per the maintainer's comment it's no longer possible to do so without your intervention.

Could you please ...