Update packages

[wendy_hung]

Kernel ： 20080621-asu.stable-uImage.bin
Root file system ：20080623-asu.stable-rootfs.jffs2

Step:
1) launch assassin
2) click on UPDATE button
3) open any package
4) update package
5) no apparent difference in system

Question is: should we have all these packages within update?
Should only be updating packages that were installed through assassin.

[tick]

the condition is the same as 1521

[wendy_hung]

Tick,

Go back and take a look at how the iPod installer does updating packages.
You can borrow mine if you want. Just let me know.

-Will

[tick]

I think it's not a issue.

Right now you will see a lot of updates, it because the ASU is still developing, and therefore the version upgrades very fast.

Yes, I think update shall shown all the updateable packages, because of in many cases bug happens in libraries, and in those cases there are no reason to upgrade applications.

This feature helps isolate problems.

[will]

As stated before.
At some point we need to be the one's maintaining our own software.
We should provide stable releases that we have tested and are known to be working releases.
A regular user will not be forgiving when he/or she decides to update some random package (that they do not understand) breaks Assassin or their system all together.
Tick, please try to understand why this is important.
If you need help realizing this, please just shout and we can find a way to work around this. Perhaps by asking for help from Holger, Marek, or even the community. We have expressed our will to having this feature.
Let me know how I can help.

[tick]

I think this had been solved. after opkg 4545

[will]

very cool. should we use today 7/23 or tomorrow's 7/24 image to test?

[tick]

7/23 you will find this issues had been solved, but there are still some other memory leak issues may crashes packagekitd
7/24 both of the issues are avoided or handled. (It will be more stable)

I will then try to deal with the memory leak one. (Finding out the root cause, and leaving the handling code there, in which does not hurt.)

[wendy_hung]

Tested with the image below:

kernel:20080723-asu.stable-uImage.bin
root file system:20080730-asu.stable-rootfs.jffs2

the "UPDATE" without any packages now, i think it's ok now.
Should we close this ticket or keep it open?

[will]

Test please.
12 days and not one package to upgrade?

[wendy_hung]

tested with the image below in two devices:
kernel:20080808-asu.stable-uImage.bin
root file system:20080814-asu.stable-rootfs.jffs2

@68 showed up two packages in the "UPDATE", but none of them can download, show up the ERROR message update failed, reason "unknown"
@132,177, without any packages in UPDATE

Don't know if the package been took away or other reason, but show up unknown error message is also confusing....

[tick]

Works for me.
Please test again.
If you can reproduce this, please come to me.
Let me find out. Thanks

[wendy_hung]

tested with the image:
kernel:20080826-asu.stable-uImage.bin
root file system:20080901-asu.stable-rootfs.jffs2

Still can't test with this now, keep watching this and test later.

[wendy_hung]

use the old image to test it(8/29's rootfs), works!

about system update packages will open another ticket as #1950
:)