Why isn't update not just a part of installation? You try to install but an existing installation is detected and it is updated instead?
That way we can probably avoid the --update argument. Anyway, lgtm On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Xinchao He <xinchao...@intel.com> wrote: > Summary: > This feature will enable to upgrade an installed application to the newer > version. When updating, all application meta data and resource will be > replaced by the application with a higher version number and the same > application id, and all stored application data, like local storage, auto > complete data etc., will be migrated to the newer application. > > Spec: > - > https://docs.google.com/a/intel.com/document/d/1dhU1tMH10JDu2ADv1v5s7X65KW2Qf8iZDvoMPyP0aWQ/edit?pli=1#heading=h.b1116hcs7t39 > - http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-updates/ > > Affected component: xwalk/application > > Related feature in Jira: > - https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-463 > - https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-305 > > Target Release: Crosswalk-4/Crosswalk-5 > > Target Platform: Linux/Tizen > > Implementation details: > > I plan to enable the update feature by these steps: > > 1. Enable to update the application from local by providing a XPK package file > path and update switch in command line, may look like this: > > ,---- > | $ xwalk --update path/to/xpk_package.xpk > `---- > > What we should do is adding a new method, ApplicationService::Update(), in > which > will check whether the new application version number is higher than the > old > one and the application id is the same between them, if yes, the update > progress will be started, and all meta data and resources belong to the old > application will be replaced by the new one, meanwhile, the application > data, > like local storage, will be migrated. > > 2. Implement the "update_url" field parsing handler in manifest. > > 3. Implement the update-info protocol > (http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-updates/#the-update-info-element) to support > updating an application from remote server. > > 4. Enable to check application update status in Crosswalk runtime model if > there > is a valid "update_url" in application's manifest.json. > > -- > Best Regards, > He, Xinchao > _______________________________________________ > Crosswalk-dev mailing list > Crosswalk-dev@lists.crosswalk-project.org > https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/mailman/listinfo/crosswalk-dev -- Kenneth Rohde Christiansen Web Platform Architect, Intel Corporation. Phone +45 4294 9458 ﹆﹆﹆ _______________________________________________ Crosswalk-dev mailing list Crosswalk-dev@lists.crosswalk-project.org https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/mailman/listinfo/crosswalk-dev
