update_url and joyride

[Bert Freudenberg]

Am 24.09.2008 um 14:10 schrieb C. Scott Ananian:

> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de 
> > wrote:
>> how would I have to layout an activity update_url site if I want to  
>> provide
>> a stable version for 8.2 but a later one for joyride builds? IIUC  
>> then the
>> joyride updater will also try $update_url/8.2 just like a stable  
>> build does,
>> right? Is there a way to do it without resorting to specific build  
>> numbers?
>
> One way is just to add the new version to
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/Joyride, which is only used by
> joyride builds.

Does that override update_url? Or does the updater use the latest  
version found in either location? I'm unclear on the exact precedence  
of these repos.

>  But you raise a good point I started thinking about
> this morning.  One option is to move the /etc/olpc-release file to
> point to 9.1 soon after 8.2 is released, so that you can put the new
> versions at $update_url/9.1 -- would that work for you?

Yes, I think it would.

I wanted to put the latest version directly at update_url and the  
stable versions in a subdirectory named like the release:

http://etoys.laptop.org/xo

So if joyride moves to 9.1 and I do not provide a 9.1 dir it would  
pick up the default one.

However - where would 8.2.1 development happen if not in joyride?

- Bert -