Comment 17 for bug 301189

The built-in updater checks and makes many small in-flight updates as they are fixed and released by the project. If you download Vuze/Azureus today, you will get the code from October, and then it will automatically update itself.

So given the fact that this is how the project manages its own updates, and the fact that Ubuntu cannot manage to keep up with major releases, much less keep up with in-flight changes, yes, we want the project's own updater enabled and working. APT should be used for initial installation by newbies who don't know how to install it manually.