Image based upgrades

[Mark Shuttleworth]

On 24/12/16 21:56, Sergio Schvezov wrote:
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> El 22 dic. 2016 9:19 PM, "Luther Goh Lu Feng" <elfgoh at yahoo.com
> <mailto:elfgoh at yahoo.com>> escribió:
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>     I read with interest on image based upgrades[1]. May I ask if some
>     of those concepts are already implemented or planned for in Ubuntu
>     core? I would like to know what is the current plans and thinking
>     with regards to this. Thanks.
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> Ubuntu Core has evolved from this, now everything is snappy driven,
> which means a snap of the os is either fully or partially downloaded
> from the store just like any other snap with a few differences here
> and there given the nature of the snap.

Think of the "core" snap as an image of the OS. By applying the same
transactionality to the OS that we have for apps, we gain a much cleaner
way to upgrade/rollback the operating system.

Mark
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