In the GNOME ecosystem, "hot" refers to a dependency state where an extension requires immediate patching to match the stable ABI of the shell. With version 46, the GNOME team removed several legacy stubs that had been deprecated since version 40.
Version 46 earns the “Hot” suffix for three revolutionary improvements: shell dep version 46 hot
Let’s break each one down.
You cannot hot-swap a binary that is currently running as a process (e.g., rg while a rg search is executing). Stop the process first, or use shell-dep hot-swap --force (not recommended). In the GNOME ecosystem, "hot" refers to a
Because the patch is applied in-memory, a rollback to Version 45 requires a full reboot anyway. "Hot" is a one-way street. Several admins on r/sysadmin have termed it a "hot mess" version. Let’s break each one down
Upgrading is straightforward, but because of the cache and lockfile changes, do not do this on a Friday afternoon without testing.