>> The "software update" facility assumes that a connection to the >> network is already available when it gets to run. If conditions are >> such that the network connection has *not* been set up when booting >> completes, should the action bar to request "software update" still >> be automatically presented as the first thing the user sees ? > > This is http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7947 > > It has been known for a while, but is non-trivial to implement and > nobody has stepped up so far. It is also not quite as simple as > delaying the update message: after an OS upgrade, it is important to > inform the user straight away that their activities might not work > until they run the activity updater.
I agree that the user who installs a new build ought to be cautioned. But the success of the implementation depends entirely upon the correct reference list being provided "back at the ranch". I have seen the wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/G1G1/8.2 page list Activity versions that were *older* than those listed for "plain" G1G1. And what about customized country deployments -- who will make sure that the activity updater accesses the set of Activities appropriate to the build someone in the hinterlands is installing ? mikus _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel