Originally Posted by
Tony
On a more general point, would one of the developers mind giving a wee roadmap about the future of separate NZ images? Is the plan to maintain this permanently, or to build the NZ install options into an integrated NZ/Aussie image in future? Or is 1.6.2 already integrated this way?
At this point work is contining with the separate images, but only up to a point. The roadmap is tentatively as follows:-
Firstly, we are completing the thomson rc2 image next, there are only minor tweaks left, this should be the final thomson UK image tailored for NZ operation.
Following this we will release a minor (maintenance) update for both sony and philips US models.
This will likely be the final set of images in the NZ series. To be fair the images are quite stable and are well setup for the NZ emu environment.
The next priorities are not image related and will probably kick off with looking to migrate NZ to a single emulator setup. We currently run two systems in NZ, one for the old legacy headends and the more sophisticated current emulator setup.
After this is sorted, focus may come back to the images, and at that point we'll talk to Peter and the oz crew about how we might be able to use the same image, perhaps using a customised rsync repository to update for NZ specifics, who knows.
By this time, the impending digital TV configurations in NZ should be more clear so we can incorporate those new developments into the new image structure (updatable postcodes as new ones are rolled out).
In the meantime, we think the existing images are sufficient for the NZ configs. Most of the ongoing changes in NZ are handled at emulator level at present. The NZ image series use Thomson's TWP bundle by default so this component can be updated from the bundles on his web pages easily.
1 x Philips TiVo Series 1, Cachecard, 1 x 1TB SATA (with recent TradeMe sourced adaptor), Mk II Pal Tuner Mod, NZ Emulator, Previously Dual A/V Source, Now Pay Satellite
2 x TiVo HD, Freeview, HNP, 2TB (WD-AV) jmfs upgraded
1 x Thomson UK TiVo, Cachecard, 200GB, Testing Work
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