Hi,
1 - That's normal, the automatic update is not yet enable.
2 - Because the automatic update is not enable, you have to download the package manually.
3 - Yes, it is stable and when the automatic update will be activated it will mean that it is consider as fully stable.
4 - Sure and I don't see how it could became unsafe
www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/5...ashop-changelog.html
Regards,
Jerome - Obsidev.com
HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team.
Also helping the HikaShop support team when having some time or couldn't sleep.
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