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Personally, I rarely think about updating my software unless there's a new feature I need or a fix for a bug that's been ruining my life, so just visiting the w
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
Personally, I rarely think about updating my software unless there's a new feature I need or a fix for a bug that's been ruining my life, so just visiting the website when to check for new versions is fine by me.
However, you could also include a facility to manually check for updates and either self-update or just show the changelog. Why manually? "I know you're about to do this thing real quick that needs to get done, but a new version is available! Would you like to twiddle your thumbs for 5 minutes while watching a progress bar?".
- ric2b 6y ago> Why manually? "I know you're about to do this thing real quick that needs to get done, but a new version is available! Would you like to twiddle your thumbs for 5 minutes while watching a progress bar?". That's a very Windows-centric point of view. Programs on Linux can be updated without closing them. You get the new version when you restart them.
- vpzom 6y agoFirefox has entered the chat
- Phrenzy 6y agoChocolaty GUI for Redmond. sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && echo 'All done!, rebooting' && sudo reboot now For everything else.
- pjmlp 6y agoIt only works if they are self contained without access additional resources on the file system, as the executable file is kept alive until process termination. Now if the process tries to access some datafiles that changed contents during the upgrade, it might just crash and burn, eventually corrupting data in the process.
- michaelmrose 6y agoIdeally security updates aren't deferred for 5 years because its working well enough and happen for the whole system when you aren't using the machine as opposed to just for that app when you launch it.