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V2 new features

rgaudin requested to merge _v2-new-features into v2master

New 2.0 features to pibox

Downloader

  • new requests based downloader with retries and delays
  • helpers for contents.json contents retrieval from cache and/or remote
  • decompression of archives

contents.json manager

  • list of contents per project (get_collection)
  • post-download actions per project (run_xxx_actions)
  • size calculations

System requirements

  • sys-req check placeholder
  • checks for linux-only dependencies: exfat-fuse and udisks2

Base Image creation

  • new command line tool to create a base image of a raspbian image
  • pibox-installer image --root XXX --size YYY
  • downloads and extract raspbian
  • run_for_image() in qemu to set it up

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