Possibly linuxM to Captain's [email protected]English • 5 days agoHot patching should be the normlemmy.zipimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13
arrow-up125arrow-down1imageHot patching should be the normlemmy.zipPossibly linuxM to Captain's [email protected]English • 5 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days agoAgreed. Ubuntu keeps this behind a paywall (or maybe just a sell-your-data wall), but I see no reason the same patches can’t be built and provided for free.
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days agoI can understand why I suppose I was more talking about Windows and Android. Windows recently got hot patching support but it is only on Windows server.
minus-square@marcoslink1•5 days agoAndroid updates are large enough that I imagine every single one comes with a new kernel and core libraries. Exchanging those without a reboot is hard and usually not worth the risk. On Windows, that’s a central architectural decision made on the 90s. It won’t change.
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days agoWell hot patching is a thing on Windows when you pay the right price
Agreed. Ubuntu keeps this behind a paywall (or maybe just a sell-your-data wall), but I see no reason the same patches can’t be built and provided for free.
I can understand why I suppose
I was more talking about Windows and Android. Windows recently got hot patching support but it is only on Windows server.
Android updates are large enough that I imagine every single one comes with a new kernel and core libraries.
Exchanging those without a reboot is hard and usually not worth the risk.
On Windows, that’s a central architectural decision made on the 90s. It won’t change.
Well hot patching is a thing on Windows when you pay the right price