On Thursday 15 February 2007 08:10:07 Marius Vollmer wrote: > "ext Andy Mulhearn" <unxmully at mac.com> writes: > >> So are you looking to move away from the System Upgrade := reflash > >> device model? If so, then GOOD! > > > > To be honest I prefer this route now, if only from the point of view > > that if I bork my device I can reflash an image and get it working > > again. > > I am not sure if there will always be flash image for each version of > the meta package, but there will always be reasonably recent flash > images so that upgrading from one to the latest 'patch level' should > not be daunting. That's reasonable IMHO ... I mean on my laptop if I bork my Linux install (Like the day my then 2 year old discovered the up arrow and just as he hit return it was on rm -Rf * ahhhhhhhhhh! ) I grab the latest CD I have and then wade through the updates till I'm on the current version. What I like is that idea that a path is available. If I understand correctly then there will be three possibles. 1. Total bork re-flash then update. 2. Partial bork re-install current meta pkg to replace corruptions (Running but not running right) using for example apt-get --reinstall meta-pkg.deb 3. New packages are out upgrade. Advantage I see here big time is an easier way to run an unstable "branch" on packages or ideas. James
