Re: XO in-field upgrades

2007-06-24 Thread Martin Langhoff
On 6/25/07, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, I think we've discussed shipping binary > diffs rather than git's integral blobs, Git can also use "thin" packs which are basically binary diffs. So you _can_ use the git machinery for distributing upgrades with truly minimal bw usag

Re: XO in-field upgrades

2007-06-24 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On 6/24/07, Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should have a concrete spec ready for discussion later today. I will wait with bated breath. =) Some concrete concerns -- I've got some answers to these, but I'll try to just present the questions at this point: a) Robustness -- what can br

Re: XO in-field upgrades

2007-06-24 Thread Ivan Krstić
C. Scott Ananian wrote: > Has this already been discussed in more depth off-list? To some degree. I should have a concrete spec ready for discussion later today. -- Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GPG: 0x147C722D ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.la

XO in-field upgrades

2007-06-24 Thread C. Scott Ananian
In the weekend I just read about Alex' plan for XO in-field upgrades. The mailing list message is here: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2007-June/005381.html I think the proposal deserves more discussion; in particular there are some interactions with vserver and copy-on-write, as well a