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Re: [Ayatana] Upgrading without need for Reboot



Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> So (assuming it works as advertised, which I have not tested at all!)
> Ubuntu/Canonical could use this to run its own equivalent update
> service(s), or incorporate it into apt, or into postinst scripts in
> kernel update .debs, or whatever is actually appropriate.
  
I think the Platform Foundation guys have been taking a look. For the
desktop however, there are quite a few other elements that do not
currently support hot code swapping, like D-Bus that brings down the
whole session if you want to restart it.

David