[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] optional automatic updates

[Gonzalo Odiard]

I think this is a good enhancement for the updater.
I am not sure if deserve the treatment of a feature, but you have my +1.

Gonzalo


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Martin Abente <
martin.abente.lahaye at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> A few development cycles ago, dsd added a useful new feature: automatic
> activities updates. This has been of great help in deployments such as in
> Australia. However, because the current implementation will always update
> or install activities (when working in automatic mode), some deployments
> might be unable to use this feature. A real case scenario is when some of
> the activities are too big for massive activities updates.
>
> Therefore, I propose to extend microformat updater with an extra field to
> mark activities as optional, so these optional activities won't be
> installed or upgraded automatically. This flexibility will allow
> deployments to use automatic updates and user will benefit from automatic
> updates.
>
> I have created a feature page [1] with more details and a initial
> implementation [2] of the feature itself (because is easier for me to talk
> with working code).
>
> Let me know what you guys think!
>
> Regards,
> tch.
>
> Refs:
> 1. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Optional_activity_updates
> 2. https://github.com/tchx84/sugar/commits/optional-updates
>
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