Le 15/04/2014 14:05, Axel Hecht a écrit :
> One thing I just ran into is fonts.
> 
> As we expand our international coverage, we need to add and fix fonts on
> the device, and they don't seem to be part of either the gecko or the
> gaia update path.
> 
> Any suggestions?

We can issue OTA recovery packages that updates the fonts.

> 
> Axel
> 
> On 4/15/14, 7:58 AM, Fabrice Desré wrote:
>>   Hi all,
>>
>> The situation with updates on b2g is far from being ideal. On one side,
>> phone manufacturers have little incentive to ship updates for a long
>> time. On the other side, users legitimately expect to be able to get the
>> latest version of the OS for as long as their phone works. I think a
>> reasonable target is to support devices for 2 years.
>>
>> Since there's no hope that we will get partners to provide updates for
>> so long, I've been thinking about what we could do to help users.
>>
>> One piece is to provide an *easy* way to change the update channel.
>> Fortunately that's actually simple: we can just use a web activity that
>> will be provided by the settings or system app, and then do the usual
>> setting -> gecko pref mapping. That would let any 3rd party or mozilla
>> provide gecko+gaia updates without any legal issues.
>>
>> Where things get a bit more complex is when oems use their own update
>> mechanism, removing gecko's standard one. Currently in this case we
>> can't even switch users to another update channel. To fix that, we'll
>> need to provide a proper webapi for updates management instead of our
>> current mess, with pluggable implementations and the ability to switch
>> back to the default one.
>>
>> If we get these 2 parts done, I believe that will move us to a much
>> better position, where we would be able to confidently recommend devices
>> to users as upgradable. And I'm sure communities will provide
>> cyanogenmod-like updates too.
>>
>> Another annoyance is that we still can't update gaia apps without doing
>> a full update. That's pretty ridiculous to not be able to upgrade
>> productivity and media apps for instance. That is blocked on some APIs
>> being only available to certified apps. If we look at the calendar app,
>> only the "settings-read" permission is blocking it from being privileged
>> though. I may be wrong, but I'm less confident in a short term solution
>> here.
>>
>> I really want to get the update channel and web api parts happen for b2g
>> 2.0. Volunteers welcome!
>>
>>     Fabrice
>>
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