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0 pointsrlpb3y ago0 comments

> I would want the app to be updated in the background whilst it is running (which works fine for APT installed packages), so just closing it and re-opening it would get the newer version.

The Firefox deb (such as in 20.04) became unusable and tabs crashed when the deb was updated without a restart.

It's really down to each individual app as to whether it will work being updated in the background or not.

AIUI the new snap implementation gets everything ready in the background, so the update on closing it and re-opening it is quick.

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ndsipa_pomu3y ago

> The Firefox deb (such as in 20.04) became unusable and tabs crashed when the deb was updated without a restart.

I never encountered that for any previous version of Ubuntu.

> AIUI the new snap implementation gets everything ready in the background, so the update on closing it and re-opening it is quick.

I hope they get it working soon as my experience is that "snap refresh" does nothing whilst Firefox is running and doesn't even notify you that there's updates available.

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