AW: Publish firmware selector

[Fernando Frediani]

That's actually a very good point.

If possible it should provide a link to the wiki page of the device. It 
very useful indeed as in some devices is not possible to make the 
traditional flash and may require tftp.

Regards
Fernando

On 14/11/2020 10:38, Moritz Warning wrote:
> Hi Thomas!
>
> On 11/14/20 1:41 PM, Thomas Endt wrote:
>>> von Paul Spooren
>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. November 2020 10:02
>> [...]
>>
>>> Please test the selector and share objections against a release.
>> I'm still missing the "Big picture" and the plan behind it.
> My own "Big picture" is this:
> Firmware selector to get to the download links very fast and look neat with minimal distractions.
> The wiki is for very detailed information, hardware mods, installation guides, and provide links to images, of course.
>
> Both have a different focus and can't be both.
>
> A firmware selector should also provide a link to the wiki page.
> But the wiki pages itself are too overloaded.
>
> best,
> Moritz
>
>> What is the plan how to really integrate this into the current working
>> infrastructure (i.e. the wiki, which I feel is simply ignored completely),
>> i.e. make the downloads for the specific devices available on the
>> devicepages?
>> The devicepages is where the download links are needed, because that's where
>> the installation instructions reside.
>>
>> Having a separate firmware selector page leaves the next question open: Now
>> that I have downloaded the firmware, how do I install it?
>> Why are we ripping apart firmware download links and installation
>> instructions?
>> Why do we need the firmware selector in the first place?
>>
>> The wiki should be your one-stop-solution: Enter your model name into the
>> wiki search, find the devicepage and you will have all information (download
>> links, installation instructions, and more) about your device on one page.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>
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