Hi. On snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/ there are now the following different kinds of snapshot image:
linaro-alip/ linaro-developer/ linaro-graphical-engineering/ linaro-handset-plasma/ linaro-headless/ linaro-multimedia-engineering/ linaro-nano/ linaro-netbook-efl/
...but I can't find anything on the wiki which documents what each of these images is actually for, which makes it hard to know which one to choose.
https://wiki.linaro.org/Releases/DailyBuilds suggests using linaro-headless, but that doesn't seem to have built since the 18th February. Mail to this list on the 8th Feb said:
Please note that the headless and netbook-efl images will be replaced by the Nano and Evaluation Ubuntu Desktop builds soon
but there hasn't been an official announcement that this happened -- is linaro-headless now gone, or has it just failed to build for the past fortnight? (If it has been obsoleted, how about a readme in 11.05-daily/linaro-headless/ saying "try $elsewhere instead" ?)
thanks -- PMM
Hi Peter,
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 03:04:54PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
Hi. On snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/ there are now the following different kinds of snapshot image:
linaro-alip/ linaro-developer/ linaro-graphical-engineering/ linaro-handset-plasma/ linaro-headless/ linaro-multimedia-engineering/ linaro-nano/ linaro-netbook-efl/
...but I can't find anything on the wiki which documents what each of these images is actually for, which makes it hard to know which one to choose.
The documentation is here: https://wiki.linaro.org/Releases
There are two images that replace the linaro-headless image, depending on what you're looking for: the nano image, and the developer image.
https://wiki.linaro.org/Releases/DailyBuilds suggests using linaro-headless, but that doesn't seem to have built since the 18th February.
Jamie, will you update this wiki page to reflect the current reality?
Please note that the headless and netbook-efl images will be replaced by the Nano and Evaluation Ubuntu Desktop builds soon
but there hasn't been an official announcement that this happened -- is linaro-headless now gone, or has it just failed to build for the past fortnight? (If it has been obsoleted, how about a readme in 11.05-daily/linaro-headless/ saying "try $elsewhere instead" ?)
Yes, it's gone. A readme redirect is a good idea, but I think there are some practical IS considerations that get in the way of doing this right now.
On 1 March 2011 16:03, Steve Langasek steve.langasek@linaro.org wrote:
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 03:04:54PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
Hi. On snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/ there are now the following different kinds of snapshot image:
...but I can't find anything on the wiki which documents what each of these images is actually for, which makes it hard to know which one to choose.
The documentation is here: https://wiki.linaro.org/Releases
Aha, thanks. (That page doesn't actually include the full names of the images "linaro-nano" etc which is why it didn't come up in my wiki search...)
-- PMM
On 01/03/11 at 04:10pm, Peter Maydell wrote:
On 1 March 2011 16:03, Steve Langasek steve.langasek@linaro.org wrote:
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 03:04:54PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
Hi. On snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/ there are now the following different kinds of snapshot image:
...but I can't find anything on the wiki which documents what each of these images is actually for, which makes it hard to know which one to choose.
The documentation is here: https://wiki.linaro.org/Releases
Aha, thanks. (That page doesn't actually include the full names of the images "linaro-nano" etc which is why it didn't come up in my wiki search...)
Yes, the /Release page holds of wealth of information on the releases we currently produce but we are going through a period of change at the moment and the documentation and announcements are lagging a little behind. I will get the snapshots directory tidied up this week and look out for a announcement regarding images soon. In the meantime I will trawl the wiki and try to make things a little clearer.
Thanks for pointing this out.
-- PMM
Regards, Jamie.
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