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I agree with Rudy. What I do is download the latest rc from github every so often and compare the src to the version I have in use (an older rc). If the changes won't impact me (and are improvements) I move over to the new rc and keep a copy of the old rc. This may require my code to change to use the new features/fixes/changes.
The version 2.2, 2.3 etc used to get updated but since the esp32 has been available, that seems to have stopped although fixes do still get put into the next/current rc on github. At least that's how I see it, and I hope I have made sense. I am only a user of the core not a developer of it.

Hi,


I was doing the wrong way, just sharing what I did ( for those who are not familiar ) :

1) At menu File>>Preferences, replaced the original URL http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json by https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/releases/download/2.4.0-rc2/package_esp8266com_index.json

2 ) At Boards Manager from Tools > Board menu, search ESP8266

3 ) Select 2.4.0-rc2 release ( last one is now available there ) at the select box at the left corner of the panel, and click on Install.

4 ) After done, at the right corner of the panel, click on update.

I agree it is a little risky, instead of checking what was impacted, anyway...
Thank all you, appreciate all your support.