Re: Update mechanism for standalone app/ Delta Updates

Konstantin Dmitriev <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Feb 2017 15:48:30 +0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.zero-install.devel
Message-ID <CAJzXzVHVf-wGYqd=8F=DGjioLnDVCVW7EuR9Fui+9AnycRZu1g@mail.gmail.com>
2017-02-24 0:45 GMT+07:00 Bastian Eicher <[email protected]>:
> The <overlay> binding was intended to support applications that do not use
> environment variables and expect their dependencies to be located in fixed
> locations. Zero Install would use a combination of chroot und a union file
> system to make that specific application “see” its dependency in the
> specified location in the filesystem without actually placing it there.
> However, this was never implemented, since it is rather complex and
> especially difficult to support on Windows.

I am very interested in that option. Does ZI team accepts bounties
(i.e. via Bountysource)?

Best Regards,
Konstantin

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