Re: [maemo-announce] New OS 2006 firmware released

> Except maybe for the time taken to do backup & restore, re-flashing
> the device is both faster and easier than dist-upgrade.  The backup &
> restore could be improved somewhat, especially in regards to application
> installer though.  Automatic restoring of packages after reflashing
> could be risky though.

How about in the backup storing a list of apps that were installed 
from repositories and the repository list, then post flash offer to 
reinstall some/all of the apps from the repositories - less likely to 
break and less space needed for backup.  (I assume there is some way 
apps can have their settings stored/restored in the backup by saving 
them in a place backedup/restored by the utility).


Regards
Simon 


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