Re: [4diac-dev] Reworking Deployment/Download

[Alois Zoitl <alois.zoitl@xxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,

On Thu, 2018-04-26 at 17:44 +0200, Michael Golz wrote:
> Hi Alois,
>
> i think override/override all and cancel/cancel all will be enough.
> It may sound good to merge but there can be a lot goes wrong.

I was not so sure about the override all. Wouldn't it be dangerouse as
I may not remember what resources/devices will be downloaded and then I
may kill something I don't want (e.g., running machine). Should there
be a second dialog with a list of all resources to be downloaded for
configuration on override all?

>
> I would like to have a function to create and write the fboot in the
> runtime back to the file system, then i can remove my own upload
> tool.

Sound like a conveniant feature. Even if I don't know how to implement
it :-)
Could you be so kind and create an issue for that in our bugzilla so
that we don't loos it.

>
> Thanks for the great work!
Thanks.

>
> Sunny greetings from Egypt
> Michael

Enjoy the sun,
Alois

> 
> Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> 
> > Am 26.04.2018 um 10:38 schrieb Alois Zoitl <alois.zoitl@xxxxxx>:
> > 
> > Now with the 1.9.0 release finished I think its time to look ahead
> > and
> > start pondering about what we would like to have in 1.10.
> > 
> > One part we haven’t spent to much work on in recent releases is the
> > download process and the deployment console. There I several issues
> > that should be fixed.  With this thread I would like to start the
> > discussion and planing for potential improvements here. 
> > 
> > One thing that I think would make 4diac much easier to use if we
> > would
> > better handle downloading the same resource several times (i.e.,
> > the
> > infamous “Invalid State”error). 
> > 
> > I was thinking that the on the beginning of a download the devices
> > should be queried on the currently running resources and if the
> > resource to deploy the user should be asked how to proceed. For
> > such a
> > dialog I drafted a first mock up with different actions for such a
> > dialog. 
> > 
> > My questions on it are:
> >    • Is this the right approach?
> >    • Is there information missing in the dialog's text.
> >    • Is it clear that “overwrite” means that the currently running
> > resource will be deleted and the current config will be downloaded
> >    • Is a merge feasible, or would it lead to very complicated even
> > dangerous situations?
> >    • Is a cancle and a cancle all needed or only one of both?
> > 
> > 
> > In addition to this I also heard from several users that the switch
> > to
> > the deployment console is very cumbersome and disturbs the
> > development
> > flow. Therefore getting rid of it and integrating it into the
> > system
> > perspective could also be a goal. Here I don’t have not really an
> > idea
> > how to do this.
> > 
> > Looking forward to your ideas and comments,
> > Alois
> > <ResourceQuestionMockUp.png>
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