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[Michał Sawicz <michal.sawicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05.11.2013 23:47, Francis Ginther wrote:
> Once we have MP testing via click packages working, we should be able
> to get back to a clean environment without flashing (although I'm not
> fully confident this will actually work). We will still need to flash
> for some projects which are not delivered via click.

One thing I've been doing recently is, instead of flashing, executing

$ system-image-cli --build 0 --verbose

as root on the device. This results in downloading the latest full image 
and upgrading through the image-based upgrade system. For me this means 
I'm not losing any data (other than stuff modified directly on the 
made-writable rootfs), and feels like a safer solution than flashing 
everything every time.

It seems somewhat more sensitive to network issues, but other than that 
has been great. Maybe that's something that would increase the stability?
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Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <michal.sawicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Canonical Services Ltd.