Developing and Deploying devices

[Martin Gysel]

Am 12.04.2016 um 16:36 schrieb Dirk Hohndel:
> 
>> On Apr 12, 2016, at 4:53 AM, Martin Gysel <me at bearsh.org> wrote:
>>> The other thing is deployment. Initially, that’s simple, we provide disk
>>> images. But then, what is the upgrade path? Connect to wifi and do git
>>> pull? apt-get upgrade/update? Get a new disk image? That needs to be
>>> thought about as well for devices like this.
>>
>> I think it depends on the used base. if it's a debian based system (and
>> I would start with such a system), then providing a apt-get urls seems
>> to be the easiest solution. if using a leaner base (e.g. to reduce
>> startup time as much as possible) then flashing a whole image and/or
>> replace changed files (using a script or so) may be the best way.
> 
> Martin, I love your optimism. And I can tell that you are not part of the people
> here who try to support our end users. I recommend that you go through our
> user forum and our FB page and look at the questions we are getting.
> 
> No, this cannot be based on apt-get URLs.

maybe you misunderstood me, I'm not proposing to have the enduser type
apt-get ..., rather let the system update itself using apt-get. but
event then, you might be right, it can cause troubles to the enduser
when e.g. there's a power failure in a critical phase of the upgrade.


/martin