Hi, On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 11:12:38AM +0000, Amr Ibrahim wrote: > Package: virt-manager > > Hello, > > The package description of virt-manager is very old. It does not say > anything about libvirt, qemu or LXC. It even mentions that the GUI is > experimental, which is not the case any more. > > I suggest changing it to: > > 1- From the Github page: > > Virtual Machine Manager > > This application provides a graphical tool for managing virtual machines > via the libvirt library. > > The front-end of the application uses the GTK / Glade libraries for all > user interaction components. The back-end uses libvirt for managing > QEMU/KVM and Xen virtual machines, as well as LXC containers. The UI is > primarily tested with KVM, but is intended to be reasonably portable to > any virtualization back-end libvirt supports. > > Several command line tools are also provided: > > virt-install: Create new libvirt virtual machines > virt-clone: Duplicate existing libvirt virtual machines > virt-xml: Edit existing libvirt virtual machines/manipulate libvirt XML > virt-convert: Convert VMX or OVF configs to libvirt virtual machines > > OR, > 2- From the homepage: > > The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing > virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also > manages Xen and LXC (linux containers). It presents a summary view of > running domains, their live performance & resource utilization > statistics. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and > configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual > hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer presents a full > graphical console to the guest domain. > > About virt-manager’s supporting tools: > > virt-install is a command line tool which provides an easy way to > provision operating systems into virtual machines. > > virt-clone is a command line tool for cloning existing inactive guests. > It copies the disk images, and defines a config with new name, UUID and > MAC address pointing to the copied disks. > > virt-xml is a command line tool for easily editing libvirt domain XML > using virt-install’s command line options. > > virt-convert is a command line tool for converting OVF and VMX VM > configurations to run with libvirt.
The package description can indeed use a remake but I currently don't see how mentioning GTK / Glade etc improves on the current. Can you send patches against debian/control to show your intend? Cheers, -- Guido