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There are all sorts of mechanisms, and it's clearly an implementation choice for Jim and probably others.
The current mechanism is "No notification and no button and nothing automatic".
That's arguably OK if only "bug fixes" are planned.
Having planned-and-announced major feature additions is a different situation.
I'm just pointing out that it will be one of several "annoyances" for those who "buy the Beta".
You folks clearly get to balance your driving need to release incomplete software, with the resulting level of annoyances to "support" and annoyances to purchasers and software reviews by magazines and bloggers.
Footnote: check the MA2 discussions for lots of talk about this, as well as "How do I figure out, using the secret incantations, EXACTLY what sub-version of MA that I have, and how do I find out EXACTLY whether there is some new sub-version available." [Sub-version being, for instance, one of the several different distributed images of "2.5" and "2.6", that you can find out if you know to click on "Version 2.6" in the "About" section, and get a display that tells you that you really have Q224.2.6.475 -- now, is that the latest MA2.6 release? Beats me!]
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