DietPi-Update | Live patches via GitHub repository version file

[MichaIng]

Status: Ready

Commit list/description:

• DietPi-Update | Add initial live patches to remote version file to test the implementation

[Joulinar]

@MichaIng
I did a test on my VM. There seems to be something wrong with the red colour 😉

dietpi-launcher is marked in red as well

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EDIT:
Ahh and the information on the header is not coloured at all. Is the intended?

[MichaIng]

Both fixed already 🙂: e36a548

[Joulinar]

ok looks good on beta

[Joulinar]

@MichaIng
Was thinking about this.

Should we give some more information on the available Live Patch on the initial screen

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ DietPi-Update ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ No DietPi update is available, but live patches have been found for your current version to fix little bugs until    │
│ the next version is released.                                                                                        │
│                                                                                                                      │
│ Select a patch below for further details:                                                                            │
│                                                                                                                      │
│                                                   0 [not applied]                                                    │
│                                                                                                                      │
│                                                                                                                      │
│                                  <Ok>                                      <Exit>                                    │
│                                                                                                                      │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Right now it's just giving a number 🤔

[MichaIng]

Select a patch below for further details:

I hope this is clear that more info on a patch can be seen when selecting it? I wanted to keep it slim and have only a single description variable, which needs to be long enough for a brief explanation and a link to the related GitHub issue. But that one is too long for the whiptail menu 🤔. For that we'd need an additional variable, like a title.

[Joulinar]

Just as an idea, what about naming the software title in question?

like 0 - Blynk [not applied]

So you already know what it is about and not just need to go to each patch. All just ideas. Probably we will not have that much live patched 😄

[MichaIng]

It wouldn't be a big deal. We can add an additional array (https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/.update/version) like G_LIVE_PATCH_NAME to store a short title for the menu and the details whiptail header and use it in DietPi v7.5 while it is simply ignored in DietPi v7.4. One thing I like about a sourced shell script with variables: You can simply extend or reorder and don't need to worry to break old client's ability to parse.

[Joulinar]

personally I would vote on this but it's up to you 😜