Software update keeps providing updates

Question

Hello,
every time I update Java -the software update points to the next update. Why doesn't apple combine all necessary updates into a 1 time update per year instead of making it a never ending story?
Also, since I am happy with the feature set of the OS, I would like to filter out updates which do not enhance security/performance of the system. I mean, the CD that shipped was actually the fastest version of OS avalable and every update seems to slow down the system.
thanks
-kamal

Answer 1

every time I update Java -the software update points to the next update. Why doesn't apple combine all necessary updates into a 1 time update per year instead of making it a never ending story?
In case you thought you were speaking directly to Apple, you're not. We are users just like you. But the answer is this: updates are produced as they are needed, according to changing conditions.
I would like to filter out updates
Your choice completely. You know you can leave updates alone; you don't have to install them. In addition, you can go to Software Update, highlight the particular update you don't wish to see presented any longer, and from the Menubar, select "Ignore Update." I'm not on my 10.4.11 right now, but I assume it's the same.
Most of us using Tiger have just the opposite concern. Since Tiger, except perhaps for the occasional Safari/Webkit update, is no longer being supported by Apple, we welcome any new updates. There haven't been any Security updates for Tiger since early last Fall or late summer.
Are you being presented with a new Java update? The last time I looked, maybe two days ago, I saw nothing new.