In the context of a software update system, suppose we have the following:a.tar: an archive file containing an old version of an applicationb-a.patch: a file containing the binary difference of the ...

Regarding my last question: Can 1.0.1 be launched right after 1.1.0?. I learned that releases can be maintained in parallel using SemVer and it is possible to apply it using Git Flow (Reference: Post ...

My company has a huge C++/C# software system composed of 1800 binaries. The technology range goes from old school native C++ Static Libs, C++/MFC, C++/CLI, up to .NET Framework, .NET Core 3.1, .NET 6/...

I have a campaign, which has URL as a child.If I make a patch request to add a list of 3 URLs out of which first one is invalid URL, second URL already exists in the campaign and we do not want to ...

I am looking for a way for providing customers with hot-fixes and patches of my product.The patch could contain one or more hot-fixes, and customer should be able to check/uncheck any of hot-fix(es) ...

My team uses a Kanban style approach to development where feature and bug fix stories filter through to Production as and when they are ready. We currently are using SVN as our VCS and take a feature ...

Imagine a modern PC game for example. I'm using this example because typically the executable file is fairly large, and especially in modern games the resource files are also pretty big.Patching a ...

I am working on an application and it is at a point where I need to wait for an API to be delivered to complete it. It's almost there but not quite finished.My manager has told me he wants me to ...

I've started work on a large, open-source project recently. This project uses a mailing list for development, thus all patches must be mailed to this mailing list. This marks a change from my previous ...

I need to update a software framework once it has been deployed. The framework we are creating is made up of .NET 4.0 libraries (in Visual Studio). This common set of code libraries will be ...

I recently ran into a rather annoying (confirmed) bug in an open source software package that I have integrated into my application. According to the public issue tracker this bug has been resolved ...

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 ...

I have submitted a patch for a GPL'd project and now a third-party wants to include this patch in a product. They have asked me what license my patch uses.Does my patch have to adopt the GPL license?...

Often I need to apply some small fixes (to make them run on my environment) or even change some parts of the software (to tailor it to my needs) to software from outside. However this obviously ...

So, how exactly do software patches work. If there is a certain bug in the source code of a program, how is this source code changed when one installs a patch? After the patch has been installed how ...