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Android apps update frequently, but core system components (where you'd expect dependency problems and tricky compatibility issues to crop up) update hardly at
by rst 12y ago
Android apps update frequently, but core system components (where you'd expect dependency problems and tricky compatibility issues to crop up) update hardly at all, so it's not clear that it's a model to follow.
- izacus 12y agoWhat does vendor not deciding to update a device have to do with an actual software mechanism of applying patches?
- Alupis 12y agoEven "vendors" that do update frequently like Cyanogenmod, it's usually a flash over the existing rom, not a delta or single package update. That would be tough to do with a server environment unless every server had exactly the same base (a la BSD's)