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[Michał Sawicz <michal.sawicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06.11.2013 09:37, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
> > > > > > Michał Sawicz <michal.sawicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>      > 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.
>
> *upgrading* is key here.
>
> What we need is the ability to restore an arbitrary image so that
> includes *downgrading* as well. Is there a way to use system-image for
> that ? Does it need to be modified ?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-image/+bug/1244208

> I.e.: is there a way to "upgrade" to an arbitrary image to get a phone
> in a pristine state as far as tests are concerned ?

That's what system-image-cli --build 0 will do, for all intentes and 
purposes.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-image/+bug/1192577 is related 
to this.

> If ~phablet requires a different approach that's fine too, it's probably
> easier to reset a user home directory than the system itself and can be
> handled separately.

If tests don't clean up after themselves, we should probably fix that 
anyway?

Cheers,
--
Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <michal.sawicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Canonical Services Ltd.