bliss is capable of updating itself to its latest version, normally without restarting. A special 'Update' page in bliss shows the latest available version and offers a button to perform the update. Once clicked, the button updates bliss to the latest version. Normally a restart is not required.
You reach the Update page by clicking 'Update' at the bottom-right of the bliss interface
This loads the Update page.
That's how the Update page appears when there is a more recent version available. If there isn't a more recent version then the Update button is not offered.
To update bliss, click the Update button. The process of updating is discussed in more detail in the next section.
When the Update button is clicked to initiate an update, bliss goes through a five stage process:
Although I wrote "the bits that need updating are stopped", this doesn't mean the bliss application is stopped. bliss is written in a 'modular' fashion such that different parts of bliss, such as the user interface, the underlying platform and its integrations to MusicBrainz are separated and can be swapped in and out while it is running. By default, the bliss application keeps running when it is updated.
During the updating process bliss shows a 'spinner' icon in the update bar. The total length of time for updating bliss depends on how many modules need to be updated, but it can take several minutes depending on your Internet connection. The largest depending factor is your Internet connection speed. Typically, when updating, bliss will download up to 40MB of data. On a 2Mb/s Internet connection this will take up to ten minutes to download, and thus install.
There are sometimes things that can go wrong when updating bliss.
The catch all workaround is normally to follow After I updated bliss won't start. How do I fix it?
If you have further problems, let me know via email or in the comments section below.