[Win32] VM Update for 2.7/2.8

Stephan Rudlof sr at evolgo.de
Thu May 25 04:03:36 UTC 2000


Tim Rowledge wrote:
> 
> And...
> In message <392BEA71.F68FC9B7 at evolgo.de> stephan wrote:
> 
> >
> > This is true. But for - most - users without the ability to compile
> > VM/plugins it is difficult to install new/updated modules (compiled
> > plugins).
> It's not at all difficult - the plugins would be already compiled and
> you just copy them to the right place.

I wasn't clear here.
I meant, that updating plugins by the current mechanism as updates of
the ST slang code, only brings benefits to users which are able to
compile these plugins.
But if the plugins should be putted as modules in the update stream, we
have to do

> We should be able to make that
> a trivial addition to the update mechanism.

a not so trivial addition to the update mechanism, because we have to
taken into account platform specificity.

That's was one point in my last mail in this thread:
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Idea: What about installing an update server for platform specific
modules?

Then it would be possible to
- put updated modules into the update stream!
- End users don't have to search for (compiled) modules at different
locations in the net.

Since failing of calls to not existing modules should be fast in VM 2.8,
there shouldn't be a problem, if
- *new* modules arise in the update stream after the installing
changesets,
- module *updates* for the different platforms aren't at the same time.

Only the interface has to be consistent with older versions for the same
VM (backward compatible).

Comments?
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Stephan

-- 
Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
   "Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.
    You can't simply say, 'Today I will be brilliant.'"
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