Miscellaneous
The following are miscellaneous advanced topics.
asl-repo-switch Command
The asl-repo-switch
command changes the system's package stream
for AllStarLink between three possibilities:
-
prod - Packages for production-quality use.
-
beta - Packages that are ready for general testing and are expected to be promoted to prod.
-
devel - Development quality packages that are for development testing only. While these packages are available to the general user, use of this component in extremely discouraged without a developer's guidance.
In general, all ASL systems should run the prod
stream.
People wanting to test forthcoming features and changes
should run the beta
stream with the understanding there
is the possibility for some problems and bugs.
Changing package streams is accomplished with asl-repo-switch -l STREAM
.
For example: asl-repo-switch -l beta
. Note that packages
will not be reverted to older versions if one moves
from beta back to prod.