For the wishlist: an upgrade tool [LWN.net]

For the wishlist: an upgrade tool

Posted Aug 11, 2012 4:02 UTC (Sat) by keeperofdakeys (subscriber, #82635)
In reply to: For the wishlist: an upgrade tool by job
Parent article: CyanogenMod 9 is stable; 10 is underway

At least for CM9 (nightlies, rc's and stables included), you can just install the image on top of a previous image (and yes, it is officially supported). When it boots up, wiping the dalvik-cache and other maintenance tasks are done automatically. The one issue with this is you still need to manually load the zip and flash it, which can be a chore for some users.

Besides allowing easy updating, an inbuilt update manager should allow you to download deltas of the system, so you don't have to download a new 100MB image everytime you update.

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For the wishlist: an upgrade tool

Posted Aug 13, 2012 8:55 UTC (Mon) by job (guest, #670) [Link]

Thank you. I did not know that it was officially supported. Which reminds me how much I miss proper changelogs and upgrade notes as well.