Looks good so far on the BBB. FYI: Alpha3 image didn't initially boot until I fixed uEnv.txt, see:
http://askubuntu.com/a/578214 On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Steve Langasek <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello Snappy World, > > Now that the world starts talking about snappy growing legs [1], we thought > it was time to put out another milestone that gives you latest snappiness > on > our bare metal platforms. This time we provide not only a prebuilt > beaglebone black image, but also one that you can put right on your USB key > and boot on your amd64 laptop or server or switch :). > > This release was a lot about cleaning up and putting the big pieces in > place > that will fuel the first release we plan to put out in April . There's > still a lot to do, but what is done is already done so please start using > it > and give us feedback so snappy ubuntu core 15.04 will be as close to your > needs as possible. > > What's hot? > =========== > > 1. prebuilt images for armhf beaglebone and amd64 generic with webdm > preinstalled available for download > > 2. snappy config preview landed; please refer to our examples [2] and > documentation [3] to learn how you can use this feature to give users > a > way to change the behaviour of your install > > 3. oem snap now supports selecting the dtbs shipped in the device > tarball; > this should allow you to make a fully supported build for boards > already supported upstream by simply putting your dtb into the oem > snap. > > 4. our snappy golang rewrite is almost to ready to become the new > default, > but only almost; we have it included as a preview, so if you want to > see how blazingly fast things can be on your beaglebone, give > snappy-go > a try [4] > > 5. alongside our beautiful new snappy-go preview, we are happy to also > make available a preview of autopilot mode, which will ensure that all > your snappy systems will automatically stay up to date without > attendance. It is disabled by default as we are growing features and > stability on this one, but if you want, give it an early try and > enable > it on your machine [5] > > > What's coming soon? > =================== > > 1. land and iterate on hw access management, to unblock those that want > to make their device management apps work with confinement > > 2. land disaster recovery support for grub, currently only available in > uboot > > 3. invest in tooling that makes it easier to reproduce the enablement > parts > > 4. upgrade to latest 3.19 kernel and clean up our device part in the > process > > > How to install this release > =========================== > > To install snappy Ubuntu Core on your bare metal amd64 system or on > beaglebone black follow instructions on http://www.ubuntu.com/things > > > Things to remember > ================== > > If you run a beaglebone image, please install this alpha milestone from > scratch. A bug in the alpha-02 upgrader prevents a smooth upgrade; rather > than investing in upgrade workarounds at this stage of development we are > focused on bringing you the best in new features with each new version. > > Cheers, > -- > Steve > > [1] > http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2015/02/19/canonical-achieves-broad-industry-buy-in-for-snappy-ubuntu/ > [2] > https://code.launchpad.net/~mvo/snappy-hub/snappy-examples-config-example/+merge/249928 > > https://code.launchpad.net/~mvo/snappy-hub/snappy-examples-config-bash/+merge/249978 > [3] > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~snappy-dev/snappy/snappy/view/head:/docs/config.md > [4] http://snappy.asac.ws:9001/p/snappy-go-preview > [5] > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~snappy-dev/snappy/snappy/view/head:/docs/autopilot.md > > -- > snappy-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snappy-devel > >
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