This design document are created based on this (ticket)[BlankOn/Verbeek#106].
- Simple version of Ubuntu's upgrade tool
- Distribute the binary using Flatpak and or AppImage
- Can be run as CLI program
- Release Check
- Related to IRGSH-GO release management to get BlankOn release version
- Get information about release
- Latest Version
- Distribution already in the most current version
- Show
Check Nowbutton for rechecking
- Upgrade Available
- Display release code name as a title text (ex. Upgrade your OS to BlankOn Verbeek)
- Give preparation instruction such as connect the battery adapter when using laptop
- Show
Release Notesbutton as a link to the release notes - Show
Upgradebutton as primary button
- Prepare and Download
- Inject the release key
- Backup and disable third party sources list
- Download the upgrade into caches
- Put something to start application before the login manager
- Reboot Countdown
- Display information the upgrade ready to applied
- Show
Reboot (10)button with countdown
- Booting
- Upgrade Process
- Application started as KIOSK mode
- Do the upgrade process
- Display the upgrade process information
- Show progress bar
- Show collapsable verbose mode under the progress bar
- Reboot
This tool should can be run as a CLI program or using the GUI for the users that are less used to operating in a terminal. The real upgrade state always run after reboot the system and in KIOSK mode.
CLI and GUI mode are interface to the scripts for doing the jobs.
- Release Check
blankon-upgrade-cli checkshould return current release version, next release version, and are the new release available
- Upgrade (Prepare and Download)
blankon-upgrade-cli upgradeto run preparation and download the upgrades
[0] https://wiki.debian.org/AutomatedUpgrade [1] https://wiki.koumbit.net/JessieUpgrade [2] https://dsa.debian.org/howto/upgrade-to-jessie