Musings on Inode Watchers and Atomic Live Upgrades
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Compared to other atomic distributions on the market, the ability to live-update without needing to reboot is an important usability requirement for us, such that the user experience remains friendly to downstream users.

    • null@piefed.nullspace.lolEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Oh, I see – I guess I’m not sure what you mean by stable here.

      switch puts you in the new generation immediately (which can occasionally cause some weirdness) while boot just makes it the default generation on the next reboot.