[yocto] update mechanisms

[Stefano Babic]

Hi Philip,

On 06/12/2016 19:45, Philip Balister wrote:
> On 12/06/2016 06:11 AM, Lopez, Mariano wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/6/2016 3:45 AM, Patrick Ohly wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2016-12-06 at 10:01 +0100, Stefano Babic wrote:
>>>> Hi Patrick,
>>>>
>>>> On 30/11/2016 15:59, Patrick Ohly wrote:
>>>>> I've started a Wiki page
>>>>> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/System_Update - rudimentary at the
>>>>> moment, but might as well be mentioned already now.
>>>> I have seen Mariano added an entry for SWUpdate, too, thanks  - I would
>>>> like to edit for better explanation on some parts. Should I try to edit
>>>> directly the page or is it better to discuss it here ?
>>
>> It will be interesting to have your input directly, I tried to fill the
>> table with my experience with SWUpdate but I think you could give a
>> better insight of this. Thanks for joining the effort.
>>
>>> Use your own judgment. If its uncontroversial, the feel free to edit the
>>> page directly, otherwise let's discuss it here.
>>>
>>> If feel that putting information directly into the table is too limiting
>>> (it should be brief), then feel free to start a complete section about
>>> SWUpdate.
>>>
>>> I'll do the same for swupd. Editing the sections should be possible
>>> without conflicts, we just have to be more careful about editing the
>>> table concurrently.
>>>
>>
>> I agree with you, that we need to have a section per project, the table
>> is too limiting.
> 
> I just skimmed the page and the table format isn't working well with the
> length of the blocks of text.
> 

Agree - I think it is better to have a section per project.

> I'd also suggest referencing Matt Porter's talk from ELCE 2016 about
> software update technology:
> 
> http://elinux.org/images/3/31/Comparison_of_Linux_Software_Update_Technologies.pdf
> 
> https://youtu.be/pdHV9H9nZks?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pRFP6SOywVJWdEHlmQE51q
> 

I have added references to the talks at last ELCE from Matt, Chris and
Silvano.

Stefano


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