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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
