On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 15:05 -0800, Aahz wrote: > In article <mailman.2807.1266614926.28905.python-l...@python.org>, > Ryan Kelly <r...@rfk.id.au> wrote: > > > >Yes. The idea of having a "bootstrapping exe" is that actual > >application code can be swapped out without having to overwrite the > >executable file. As long as you don't change python versions, this > >allows updates to be safe against system crashes, even on platforms > >without atomic file replacement. > > > >So the frozen app does this in a background thread: > > > > Esky(sys.executable,"http://my.updates.com";).auto_update() > > > >And it hits the given url, grabs the latest zipfile, downloads and > >unpacks and atomically places it into the application directory. Et > >viola, your app is at the latest version. > > How does this work with a running app? What if the app is a service?
The changes will only take effect the next time the app is started - currently there's no support for "hot upgrading" a running app. Would definitely be an interesting feature though... Ryan -- Ryan Kelly http://www.rfk.id.au | This message is digitally signed. Please visit r...@rfk.id.au | http://www.rfk.id.au/ramblings/gpg/ for details
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