[haiku-development] Re: Question about system updates.
- From: Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 16:16:35 +0200
Hi,
Am 01.10.2013 um 16:00 schrieb Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I am just wondering: Does the package management stuff supports updates of
> Haiku.hpkg? How exactly would it work?
I guess "it depends" what needs to happen. For example, I would assume that
some updates require a reboot, while others do not. I am sure the use-case has
been considered, though. :-)
> While we are at it, wouldn't it be better if Haiku.hpkg was some meta package
> and the individual components inside isso were actual individual packages
> (for example, specific drivers, specific programs, etc)? i understand that
> thsi would probably have an impact on performance but, OTOH, it looks like it
> would make updates on a specific component not require a complete system
> update.
>
> Note that I may be missing completelly the point of how it is supposed to
> work. if that is the case, please let me know. :)
What would be the benefit of updating individual components? If you are
concerned about the bandwidth required by downloading a system update, that can
actually be solved at the transport layer (binary diffs). Do you see other
advantages? Having only one package greatly reduces the clutter in the packages
folder, and makes it clear what is part of core Haiku. However, it could make
it easier to replace components, much like in BeOS, when some stuff is inside
its own package (Tracker, DeskBar, ...)
Best regards,
-Stephan
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