Reason: With Transmission connecting to torrents, then announcing an update which installs and restarts the program, this results in 'Hammering'. For private torrents it can put the torrents out of action for over an hour with message meaning (disallowed connection due to "hammering" the tracker; "too many connections".)
This same 'Hammering' principle applies to both public and private torrents, not good for torrent tracker servers.
The 'check for updates' process before connecting is such a simple concept and should not be difficult to implement.
I requested the same thing about a year ago. Hopefully the devs will revisit this idea with fresh thoughts.
