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Implementation of automated updates
What is the best way to implement automated updates? I've gotten as far as libcurl, I imagine I need to ping the server every now and again with the current version of the software. But then what ...
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Software for a “registered users self service” backend
Do you know any server-side software package for "registered users self service" / "service portal" backends?
Background: software shops (software developers) need a web interface where customers can ...
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How to authenticate an archive
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I have a updator feature in my program which will downloads updates to a directory specified be the user. Then user can install these updates whenever he/she wants by just opening them. ...
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How to prevent my executable being treated from AV like bad or virus?
I'm creating a piece of software, that will run on windows and will act like launcher for the game, to serve as an auto-updater and file verifier in client siede PC.
One thing I don't understand, why ...
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Considerations on which Java version to run in Production
Some people run the bleeding edge of technologies - updating the day that something is updated. In production, this isn't as appropriate.
Researching about if the current (Java 7) version is ready ...
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How does a binary delta update work?
Both Android and iOS seem to support their application having a binary delta update. But how does it work? I build a binary program, neither of the distribution sites have the source code - how does ...
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How to update dependency during runtime in my .NET application?
I have a server-client application. Sometimes the server is updated which requires some DLLs in the client to be updated as well (The DLLs are the dependencies of the main executable). For now, we ...
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How can I create a software patcher for OS X?
I'm building some software for OS X that isn't distributed through the Mac App Store. My software allows users to download different modules uploaded by various people too.
How can I create a ...
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Is there an open source version check library and web app?
I'm a developer for a cross platform (Win, MacOS, Linux) open source C++ application. I would like to have the program occasionally check for the latest version from our web site.
Between the ...
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Should one use a separate database for application data and user data?
I’ve been working on a project for a little while and I’m unsure which is the better architecture. I’m interested in the consensus. The answer to me seems fairly obvious but something about it is ...
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Converting mysql and SQLServer tables quickly in an update utility
The requirements are to take an existing list of identical tables (AAA0001 - AAA9999) which generally don't meed our current requirements and need to be swapped out with three tables (XXX0001-XXX999, ...
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Why don't software libraries solve all our problems? [closed]
Modular programming and reusable software routines have been around since the early 1960's, if not earlier. They exist in every programming language. Conceptually, a software library is a list of ...
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How quickly is the silent IE upgrade likely to propagate to end users? What about managed corporate IT infrastructures?
According to this article from the BBC and this post on Microsoft's Exploring IE Blog, Microsoft has planned to automatically upgrade Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7's IE to the latest ...
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What is (was) an update channel?
I was checking out what version of Firefox I'm using and it was telling me that I'm on the 'release update channel'. So I googles "Update Channel" and I finds this seemingly antiquated MSDN article ...
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database migration: upgrade schema deployed on client machines
I'm working on an application, which when deployed is installed locally on client machines, and uses a local database server. Stupidly, I didn't plan for schema changes -- and now it needs to change.
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Is there an efficient way to convert a Java project with a TUI into one with a GUI?
So I need to make the interface of a Java-database application a GUI. We coded the project in Eclipse, and I am going to import it into Netbeans. In Netbeans there's a great GUI builder, but I'm ...
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Best practices for upgrading user data when updating versions of software
In my code I check the current version of the software on launch and compare it to the version stored in the user's data file(s). If the version is newer, then I call different methods to update the ...
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What frequency of updates is acceptable for a mobile application?
It's possible to publish daily updates for your application on Google's Android Market, but I have an assumption that users don't like to get frequent updates. How can I determine when I should ...
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Are there technical reasons for an immediate update following a fresh download/install?
I've had this happen in all sorts of software products: You purchase a software product, download it, install it, and then after the install, the program immediately begins downloading an update or a ...
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Is it a bad practice to stop providing support for outdated software if updates are free and easy?
Providing support for outdated software is both unexciting and expensive. If people are still using the version which was sold ten years ago, it means that they will find bugs which do not exist in ...
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How to create a centralized update mechanism for a hosted CMS?
We're a team developing a hosted CMS (something like WordPress.com, but in .NET platform), and we want every site to get updates as we update our software.
Our CMS is not multi-tenant, i.e. each site ...
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How should you approach supporting rapidly-updating web browsers?
Today, Firefox 5 was released. If all goes according to plan, Firefox 7 will be out by the end of the year. Firefox has adopted the Google Chrome development model wherein version numbers are largely ...
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How often should one update an app with a new version?
I've created my own iPhone app which is presently in the App Store. What is the maximum period that should pass without a new version update? What is the average time span between version releases?
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Why don't software vendors use existing scheduling facilities for automatic upgrades?
It is common for software vendors to offer automatic updates.
The research and installation of these updates can be done
at application startup
through a service or process in the background (which ...
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Software updating solution for both Linux/Windows platform
Are you guys aware of any commercial (non-commercial?) online automatic updater that can be integrated with one's software? After quick research I found zillions of them but for Windows only and again ...
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Using an Apt Repository for Paid Software Updates
I'm trying to determine a way to distribute software updates for a hosted/on-site web application that may have weekly and/or monthly updates. I don't want the customers who use the on-site product to ...
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Could Most Software Companies & Users Benefit From Rolling Versions
Having used Google Chrome now for a couple of years, I've really gotten to like rolling/automatic updates. I know that most modern software has "automatic updates", but many large pieces of software ...
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What do update versions really mean?
A lot of software updates follow the scheme of v0.1 to v0.2 to v2.6.5.6. What do these "updates" to software really mean? Is there an industry standard always followed or do programmers pretty much ...
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Delivery terminology and order of magnitude
What is the standard way of describing how software products are released and the proportionate order of magnitude to which the changes relative to the software product are conveyed?
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Aggressive Auto-Updating?
What do you guys think is best practice regarding auto-updating? Google Chrome for instance seems to auto-update itself as soon as it get's a chance without asking and I'm fine with it. I think most ...
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What is the difference between `update` and `upgrade`
What is the difference between update and upgrade in the context of application software?
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How do you respond to: “Ever since the update…” questions from clients?
Ever since the update, people keep calling and saying "Ever since the update X, Y and Z are slow, bad and crashing"
This has happened ever since the dawn of updates.
What do people expect? Gamma ...
