June 7, 2005
- Software update's bright future - Darin and Ben have been working hard on a revised software update user experience and, now, a decent chunk of that initial work has landed on the trunk. Darin has a great demo he's been showing of the client downloading updates in the background and applying them after a restart. Ben has a screenshot of the GUI for one scenario that could happen during update. The plan right now is to bang out the larger issues currently facing the code, address build system work to create the complete update packages of nightly builds, focus on server work to create the update data the clients request (telling them whether or not an update exists), then turn our attention to creating a process for making partial updates based on previous builds. It's our intention to have an initial take on most of this work completed as a part of the Deer Park Alpha 2 milestone. Bettering software update is a "must ship" deliverable for Deer Park and the strides Ben, Darin, and company have made prove it.... (18:10 | 5 Comments)