Deployment meta-data based applicability targetting

摘要

For applications that are designed to operate across multiple computer environments, an application distribution service may store multiple different versions of application packages, the different versions being applicable to different computing environments. Application targeted metadata associated with the application packages may be utilized to quickly diagnose the applicability of the application packages to a client device with low bandwidth cost, and before any package distribution is commenced.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
at least one processing unit; a communication interface configured to be in communication with the at least one processing unit and to:
send a notification to an application server to install an application, andreceive, based at least in part on the notification, metadata describing an application file associated with the application; and memory configured to be in communication with the at least one processing unit, the memory storing instructions that in accordance with execution by the at least one processing unit, cause the at least one processing unit to:
determine an applicability of the application file to the computing device by comparing the metadata to one or more characteristics of the computing device; andoutput an indication of the applicability of the file to the computing device for transmission by the communication interface.