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> The next version will include a new built-in self-updating mechanism that users can trigger on demand. This will be the main release channel for Linux and hop
by pmontra 2mo ago
> The next version will include a new built-in self-updating mechanism that users can trigger on demand. This will be the main release channel for Linux and hopefully the only one
This is what Mozilla is doing with Firefox. I downloaded the binary from their site and it autoupdates. Debian 11 and then 13, all is good.
- Palomides 2mo agomozilla hosts an apt repository for firefox, I much prefer using the native package management
- xorcist 2mo agoGiving software the rights to overwrite itself is not good design. Mozilla can, because they are so large they can have people spend their days working on it. No one else should.