[Server-devel] new package: xs-activation

[Greg Smith]

Hi Martin and Erik,

Thanks for the replies.

- On work flow for this, I think there is a little more detail needed. 
e.g. you need a wireless AP setup, right? Anything else? Any special 
name or ESSID needed on AP? You may be able to explain the stuff around 
the XO by linking to the relevant XS setup documentation.

- On "Can you put this feature on the roadmap:" I see that it has Trac 
#1504 but I don't see this very useful Readme (or Specification) that 
Douglas wrote linked anywhere.
Can we include that somewhere off the roadmap?

The nice thing is that this will become the documentation so Douglas is 
way ahead of the curve already :-)

- On users, can someone run this design by the technical leads in Peru 
and Ethiopia and get their input and sign off?

We sometimes have a hard time coordinating communication with the users 
so let's exchange one round of e-mail to be clear on who gathers this 
input before we all hit them with slightly different e-mails at the same 
time.

FYI on Peru, I put everything I heard from them (albeit second hand) 
here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/9.1.0#Peru

They expressed strong interest in lease management (AKA how long an XO 
is activated for how it gets deactivated and reactivated when needed 
etc). Can we include any details about how this feature interacts with 
that? It may be that this works exactly the same as activating from USB 
stick so n/a for lease management changes but my impression is that Peru 
will want to know.

Thanks,

Greg S


Erik Garrison wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 11:18:31AM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote:
>> A couple of notes related to it.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Greg Smith
>>> Can you put this feature on the roadmap:
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Roadmap
>> It's already there - we're using Trac's "status overview" searches,
>> have a look :-)
>>
>>
>> What happens is that - paraphrasing your email...
>>
>>> someone prepping XOs before distribution to the field opens
>>> XO and turns it on. That is all they have to do.
>>> Who is the lead customer for this feature?
>> Peru, Ethiopia. They've been asking for it, we discussed this in the
>> last 2 phone meetings :-)
>>
> 
> It would be be immediately practical in a warehouse setting, where
> managing a key with a bunch of activation leases is a pain.
> 
> Now to get wireless installation/upgrade ready for use in the
> warehouses... all we need is a signed 'nandcast' boot image.
> 
> Erik
>