DLG, the majority of the releases should have a work offline button option. Would that not work for you if you want to wait to update?
Miss Liz, yes, that does work,
partly / mostly....
As Parody points out some (not all of us) do work on one machine and game on another.
I often am on the road for work and utilize my airport wait time to do my game planning. Which is the "supposed flexibility" of RW.
While the majority of updates have the button, not
all do. To clarify, it is those I make main reference to. Without notice we, the DM end product users, have no means to plan for it, and such cases render doing those "updates" at the game table which is hazardous at best. The problem is further amplified with the Player version because players often update just prior to game sessions to get the changes from the previous session (that I have made during the week). So working "offline" leaves them without latest info unless they do the update.
There's no simple solution, but the one that would probably please most would be a Monday / Tuesday release with the option to not have to do so & not being forced into an update at what ever time LWD gets around to releasing. I realize as a passive programmer that there are times you want all to be running the latest build. It is also to that I am addressing. If there is going to be a mandatory update, it could be better planed just as your server outages.
Just as Herolab flags updates you can choose to do them or not. And just as your latest server outage, LWD actually managed to announce on "the night of.....the server will be down to move location" That seemed to have worked without any "apparent" issues (at least from the public side). It is these type of transparent communications that are productive and helpful.
If I know on Thursday the server will be down, I plan accordingly... If I know that a mandatory update for the latest build is on Thursday .... I can plan accordingly. I would also suggest that this announcement be integrated into the mail system that way all users are aware, DMs & Players....
My two CP
DLG