[Pharo-users] Read-only images / how to deploy new image as fast as possible?

[Herby Vojčík]

Hi,

I came to the phase where I actually deploy the small backend written in 
Pharo, and I wonder about two things:

  1. Is it possible to make .image / .changes read-only? Will Pharo 
just work (not writing the image, but that is not needed, all data are 
in sqlite file)?

  2. How to "switch" images as fast as possible? I presume there is no 
way to tell vm to "stop doing this and reload different image" or 
something like that? I need to stop the runninng one and then start the 
new one? Or is it possible to "swap" the read-only image for new one and 
tell VM to reload (just wanting to minimize the off-time).

Thanks, Herby