oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/omicron

Should `omicron-package install` check for stale artifacts?

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Description

Part of the dev cycle for omicron is to use omicron-package to uninstall and reinstall the control plane. If one makes changes locally but forgets to rerun omicron-package ... package before the next install, the installation will proceed with the most-recently-built artifacts. Would it make sense for omicron-package ... install to check if it looks like omicron-package ... package needs to be run (and probably fail, with a flag to ignore this check)?

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Research direction

Start by tracing the omicron-package ... install and omicron-package ... package entry points and how they identify artifacts. Determine what stale state can be detected and how an override flag should behave; done means install warns or fails for stale artifacts while allowing the documented override.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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