[Dextrose] [PATCH 50/54] updater: Only pre-select already installed activities (fixes SL#2822, AU#383)

[Walter Bender]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 17:42 -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote:
>> On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 23:17 +0530, Anish Mangal wrote:
>> > From: Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit at gmail.com>
>> >
>> > OLPC AU uses the software updater to offer easy installing of optional
>> > activities. For this to work properly new activities must not be selected by
>> > default.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Ajay Garg <ajay at sugarlabs.org>
>> > [adjusted description, split off unrelated bug fixes, set default value]
>> > Signed-off-by: Sascha Silbe <silbe at activitycentral.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Anish Mangal <anish at sugarlabs.org>
>> > ---
>>
>>
>> Think this should become a feature for sugar 0.96.
>
> Very good. Puno (Peru) also needs the ability to install activities from
> USB stick because most schools have no connectivity and no school
> servers.
>
> I think it could be hacked together quickly with the current updater. Do
> we already have some "standard" for distributing activities on USB
> sticks? If not, I propose a directory Activities containing the xo
> bundles.
>
> PS: the engineer from Puno sitting next to me says: "it's urgent!" :)
>
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We have had the customization mechanism available for about 3 years
now. And single click install from USB also works. But I suppose you
want something that runs from the CP update mechanism? No reason why
not, I suppose. But why put the .xo bundles in a subdirectory?

-walter

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Walter Bender
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