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? -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Many customs in this life persist because they ease friction and promote productivity as a result of universal agreement, and whether they are precisely the optimal choices is much less important." --Henry Spencer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
