New F11-for-XO1 build is available and needs testing

[Martin Langhoff]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:06 PM, James Cameron<quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> I've not yet tried os3.img because it is a substantial proportion of my
> download limit for the month.  I'd like to know how to obtain it based
> on what I already have.  As we have seen from the RPM package version
> comparison, there is very little change.  I'd like to obtain that very
> little change and apply it.

We had a discussion on this topic couple of months ago. Something like
jigdo could help, but it adds quite a bit extra work. Cost-benefit,
etc.

> The method that was used last year and the year before was olpc-update.

Maybe it is possible to offer olpc-update. IIRC, just placing the
builds (the tar.gz and .contents file, which can be generated) in the
"right spot" in dev.laptop.org means that they will be served via
update.laptop.org

cheers,



m
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