#5033 BLOC Update.: olpc-update wipes out persistent activity directories

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#5033: olpc-update wipes out persistent activity directories
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  Reporter:  bert             |       Owner:  ApprovalForUpdate
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  blocker          |   Milestone:  Update.1         
 Component:  upgrade utility  |     Version:                   
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  Update.1? rainbow
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                   
 Blockedby:                   |  
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Changes (by mstone):

 * cc: bernie (added)
  * owner:  mstone => ApprovalForUpdate


Comment:

 joyride-1508 contains versions of rainbow, sugar-datastore, and olpc-utils
 which give us a working build (custom activity installation, datastore
 resume, network access all work) and which preserve or regenerate
 rainbow's spool information across updates.

 It may still be worth pursuing the NSS module scheme since this will
 improve the efficiency of olpc-update; however, I am content that we have
 a workable solution to this bug for Update.1.

 Special thanks are due to Bernie who was extraordinarily helpful in
 producing and qualifying these packages, and to Scott for suggesting this
 implementation strategy.

 Reassigning to ApprovalForUpdate, where these packages can be vetted for
 as long as seems wise.

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