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

[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@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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