Nightly cores support #3449
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…d: force re-downloading by deleting previously downloaded files and skip checksum verification
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Arduino IDE has support for “nightly” versions of boards manager packages (arduino/Arduino#3449). These versions are distinguished by the lack of “size” and “checksum” fields in json file. IDE always uninstalls previously installed nightly version before installing the new one. This change adds support for generation of nightly package builds.
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Arduino IDE has support for “nightly” versions of boards manager packages (arduino/Arduino#3449). These versions are distinguished by the lack of “size” and “checksum” fields in json file. IDE always uninstalls previously installed nightly version before installing the new one. This change adds support for generation of nightly package builds.
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By providing a json files with a core that misses
sizeandchecksumfields, the IDE will consider it a development version. Hence, every time users click install button from Boards Manager, a previously downloaded file will first be deleted, forcing a re-download. Checksum will be skipped.This allows having nightly build of cores: developers may publish a special package_*_index.json file which points to the latest and greatest of their work, users will add its url to Boards Manager.
Updating a nightly core is a two steps interaction: remove previous nightly version, install same nightly version
I suggest sticking to high version numbers, such as 9.9.9, so that nightly cores stay at the top of the list
/cc @cmaglie @rogerclarkmelbourne @vicatcu @igrr