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Discussion: can we indicate that "t2 update" is optional? #132

Closed rwaldron closed 8 years ago

rwaldron commented 8 years ago

I just unboxed a brand new Tessel 2, TM-T2-07, walked through the entire start process on Windows with 100% success (this included installing fresh t2-cli). I wanted to see what firmware was shipping on these -07 builds, so I did t2 version and here's the result: 

C:\Users\Rick\j5ik>t2 version
INFO Looking for your Tessel...
INFO Connected to j5.
INFO Tessel [j5] CLI version: 0.0.22
INFO Tessel [j5] Firmware version: 0.0.13
INFO Tessel [j5] Node version: 4.4.3

0.0.13 is actually the latest release of the firmware! I'd like to discuss adding steps in the start experience that expose the user to t2 version and let them decide if t2 update is necessary. I may be wrong about this, which is totally cool, but let's weigh it first and see what we come up with :)

johnnyman727 commented 8 years ago

@rwaldron running t2 update with a Tessel that's already at the most recent version should just abort unless a -f flag is provided, right? It seems like the 10 seconds it takes to run the command is worth knowing everyone is up-to-date.

Frijol commented 8 years ago

It's also non-optional for most if not all existing Tessels when they ship. Original T2 shipments had such old firmware they couldn't run blinky. I'd say until we get a preponderance of updated-image Tessel 2s into the marketplace (i.e. more than the preordered ones), we should leave as required.