[Bug 1214009] Re: Add support for channel.ini file

[Barry Warsaw]

** Changed in: system-image (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Add support for channel.ini file

Status in Ubuntu system image (server/client/updater):
  Fix Released
Status in “system-image” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  We want to move the current [system]channel and
  [service]base|http_port|https_port variables out of client.ini and
  into a separate ini file.  The reason for this is that channel/base
  are channel-specific, but client.ini is stored in the rootfs as part
  of the system-image package, so it's shared across all channels.  This
  latter is also read-only.

  The idea then is essentially to move the [service] section out of
  client.ini and into /etc/system-image/channel.ini, along with the
  build-number current contained in /etc/ubuntu-build.  After this bug
  is closed, the client will ignore /etc/ubuntu-build.

  Here is the format for /etc/system-image/channel.ini:

  [service]
  base: system-image.ubuntu.com
  http_port: 80
  https_port: 443
  channel: daily
  build_number: 20130819

  (you can use = instead of : if you like)

  client.ini will need a bit of shuffling too.

  * remove [system]channel
  * move [service]threads to [system]
  * move [service]timeout to [system]

  Note that the latter two will go away anyway once the d/l service
  integration is completed.

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