Hi Mikko, > -----Original Message----- > From: Ylinen, Mikko [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 7:53 AM > To: VanCutsem, Geoffroy > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tizen IVI repositories enabled by default in the image > > Hi Geoffroy, > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:13 PM, VanCutsem, Geoffroy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When I want to use the latest and greatest Tizen IVI images, I tend to > > pick the latest daily release > > (http://download.tizen.org/releases/daily/tizen/ivi/latest/) and I > > barely ever go in the snapshot folder given that I don't even know if > > these images are functional at all. On a similar thought-process, when > > I run such images, > > I used some brain cycles to think this proposal but I could not get to why > would it be needed. > > If you take the latest daily image every day you'll always get the latest and > greatest Tizen IVI. As a matter of fact, that *most likely* equals the latest > snapshot repo/image since the daily image is the image with all the changes > Tracy has approved in OBS that day.
The latest daily image will actually *most likely* be somewhat different than the latest snapshot within a day or quite possibly less. This is not a big deal but more often than not, as soon as I pick up a daily image in the morning, I'll notice that 'zypper lu' will already give me a list of packages that can be updated (some of them may just have been rebuilt with no code change incorporated). The potential problem I foresee when the default repositories are pointing at snapshot is that if you install these updates, you may be picking up updates that are broken. If you point at daily instead you have more confidence that whatever updates that are available are part of a repo which could be turned into a complete image that booted successfully. I realise that we do not fully test 'zypper up' (thanks Yanshuang for detailing the degree to which this is tested) but if I can get away with a simple 'zypper up' versus re-installing a fresh image then I would go for that... part of the reason may be called laziness :-) but the other real reason is that if you develop something on top of Tizen IVI you may be tweaking your image, adding more packages or content, etc... and every fresh installation means you have to redo that which always takes some time. Geoffroy Intel Corporation NV/SA Kings Square, Veldkant 31 2550 Kontich RPM (Bruxelles) 0415.497.718. Citibank, Brussels, account 570/1031255/09 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ IVI mailing list [email protected] https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/ivi
