[PenguinCoder]

> restart everything if they need a plugin

Yes. Hopefully ensures that only people authorized to actually restart the service can add arbitrary code.

[eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7]

Have a look at the forced restarts of Windows due to updates having become a well-hated meme to see how lucky you'll be in explaining that to the users.

[MikeKusold]

Restarting an operating system is completely different than restarting an application after you enable a plug-in.

[lrem]

Zero-downtime service restarts have been a thing for a very long time. It is a different story for operating systems.