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Hotfix *NOT*
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Crassius✭✭✭Or it could mean that it was done outside of normal internal patching procedures. Which this was.
You are ranting for ranting's sake and it's not pretty.Let me guess, someone stole your sweetroll...
Everything I say is just my opinion. Like it or not - that's all it is.3 -
Darlon✭✭✭✭✭there's not just 1 golden meaning for what a hotfix is...
Fixing something outside regular maintenance hours is often called a hotfix, if you like it or not...1 -
Darzil✭✭✭Hotfix -- that word does not mean what you think it means. A "hotfix" is a patch applied to a running system while it continues to function normally.
Where did that come from? All the online dictionaries I can find talk about it being a synonym for patch, but then I only checked 10 or so. Also found a meaning that was a hotfix was an urgent fix that hadn't been through extensive testing as it was too urgent.1 -
Fenbrae✭✭✭I have never ever heard of a hotfix which gets applied while people are playing.
Every hotfix i have enountered in any game were the same as a normal maintenance (server going offline) but for a shorter amount of time.Currently playing:
Swims-In-Sap - CP200+ - Argonian Templar
I like my healing like i like my characters: generic1 -
b101uk✭✭✭hotfix can mean a small patch etc applied to a running system seamlessly OR today more often means a small quick interim patch to address problems which may not have gone through the full normal testing process.
Microsoft put out lots of hotfix via windows update, most of which require a reboot of the OS, much like most software now a days needs restarting.
Try keeping up with your terminology.
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GossiTheDog✭✭✭✭✭In IT hotfix does not mean no outage. Just FYI. ESO is not a telephony system.Edited by GossiTheDog on April 25, 2014 12:03PM1 -
b101uk✭✭✭If I understand, then, the term "hotfix" is now used to refer to something that is simply an incremental patch to an existing release, and does not at all refer to the impact on users of the process of actually applying it, which, in this case, involves an outage of possibly several hours duration.
Well, I'd argue that would be a misuse of the original term, though I suppose that it looks better than "incremental patch."
A hotfix is normally to address a small specific problem or venerability in the short-term i.e. quickly, implying it hasn’t always been through the same rigorous testing phase, which then maybe at a later date the hotfix either gets replaced by a more permanent and often better solution which has been more thoroughly tested or itself gets included if it’s an elegant solution that proves itself actually in-service, also hotfix can and are often one-ended meaning they will only appear e.g. on the server end, while a patch often is applied to both ends being the server and the client.
i.e. there is quite a leeway in what a relatively new terminology means or how it can be applied to some types of system vs. others.
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