Questions tagged [software-updates]
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When reconstructing file B from file A and a binary difference B-A, given that A and B-A are correct, do we still need to verify the integrity of B?
In the context of a software update system, suppose we have the following:
a.tar: an archive file containing an old version of an application
b-a.patch: a file containing the binary difference of the ...
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Are mature dependencies less risky than state of the art ones?
There are tools like dependabot or greenkeeper for npm and others for other languages. Now at first glance they improve security by keeping open source dependencies up-to-date. But I am wondering, do ...
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What should my next SemVer version number be?
For a frontend web app version 3.9, we have a visual change that I would constitute as a backwards compatible (as far as the API) new feature. Therefor, my SemVer instinct is to bump the minor version ...
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Question about ethical auto-updates
I'm working on a project which needs to always be up-to-date for my users. It's quite simple to make an auto-update feature, but I need to know how ethical this is.
If, when the user installs the ...
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Why do library developers deliberately break existing code?
Today, I updated ZBateson\MailMimeParser the PHP e-mail parser library from 1.x to 2.x.
Soon enough, my PHP error log started filling up with errors.
Noting where it happened, I found out that it had ...
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The pros and cons of incremental update/deployment on granularity of *files* (not on *services*)
My friends' company is using the incremental method to update/deploy a new version of their app to the customer site. But what kind of surprises me is their update/deployment is on granularity of ...
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How to explain a software bug to a child [closed]
When I buy a house or a car, the product is already completely ready. It's very seldom that an error will be noticed later by the customer.
In software engineering, on the other hand, errors (bugs) ...
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"Support branches" and major tech update
Our software product promises to support major releases with bug fixes for X years after the release, meaning that in our git repository, we keep permanent "support branches" for every major ...
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How to deploy python microservices app updates?
I'm working on python microservices based app and I'm wondering how to ship updates.
Let's start by a summary of what I have:
Code base on git (several repos)
The app is running on several remote ...
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Convince people not to use an "end-of-life" Python 3.X version
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At my company, we have a major Python package which is written in Python 2. We are now planning to migrate it to Python 3 (we don't care about keeping it Python 2 compatible).
I am a junior ...
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How to update version when only dependencies are updated?
I have a public project that I'm the single developer. I love updating packages to new versions regularly and keep the project up to date with the updated environment. This is probably not always a ...
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Is it ever ok not to update VMs without external IP running in the cloud?
We have some linux(ubuntu) based VMs running in the cloud in a private network and they do not have external/public IP address. We have some apps running on those servers and everything is working ...
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Delta Updating, what it is, how to implement it, where is it found? [closed]
I am not sure where this is going to go, and I am not sure if this is even the right Stack group to be posting in for this matter. But simply I want to create from scratch using my knowledge of C# a ...
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Besides the obvious is there any good reason to version separate components under one general release?
I am working at a company that deals with software specifically designed for 3rd-party customers in a Business-To-Business scheme. We have variations of a large software, that for every customer get ...
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Managing releases (binaries and othert build artifacts) using Git
E_d is an environment where one can develop, build and test a .NET web application.
E_p is the production environment, where only running the application is possible. That is, build is not possible.
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