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

[Alois Zoitl <alois.zoitl@xxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 22:52 +0200, Michael Golz wrote:
> Hi Alois,
> 
> i think replace would be more logical.

Thanks for the feedback. I created a bugzilla entry [1] to get this
topic onto our todo list for 1.10.0.
I think further feedback and discussion should be done there.

Cheers,
Alois 

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534622

> 
> 
> best regards
> Michael 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Am 09.05.2018 um 20:43 schrieb Alois Zoitl <alois.zoitl@xxxxxx>:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > today while copying a file I noticed a dialog which asked if I want
> > to
> > replace the file at the location with the one I copied. Therefore
> > I'm
> > curios if you think that replace would be a better term then
> > overwrite
> > for this dialog.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Alois
> > 
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2018-04-27 at 21:12 +0200, Alois Zoitl wrote:
> > > 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@gmx.a
> > > > > t>:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 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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