I don't need the tools on the image we are creating. The image is a vanilla debian installation (plus some startup scripts). The tools are only required on the bootstrapper. However, I designed it to be fully automated. Clone my tool and run the command - you're done. The project is not only intended for the official aws images, other people use it as well (there are currently 10 forks and one fork of a fork). I cannot simply add the testing mirrors automatically and require people to upgrade python to 2.7 on a squeeze installation they might be using for other stuff as well.
So for now I think this is the best solution. Anders On 13 November 2012 16:02, Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:31:38PM +0100, Anders Ingemann wrote: >> I solved it, hopefully you guys don't think it's too messy. >> I install python-boto and python-m2crypt with apt. >> Then i download the euca2ools-1.3.2 archive from github and install it >> with make. >> The installer puts it in /usr/local, which I think is fine. >> So now the bootstrapper is and uses 100% free software :-) >> >> Any comments? > > Thanks for this hack! However, yes, it does seem a tad too messy :) > (and, more importantly, not reliable, e.g. what if the GitHub project > disappears?) > > I confess I'm a bit confused though. > > Is it you on your machine that needs the testing version? (meaning that > one would need to use testing to *build* stable images) > > Or is it rather that we need newer euca2ools version to ship *inside* > the images? > > In the former case, it wouldn't be a big deal. It just means we need a > testing Debian machine to bootstrap stable AMIs. I think we can live > with that. > > Can you clarify which is which? > TIA, > -- > Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . [email protected] . . . . o . . . o . o > Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o > Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . > « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/camcogxeefs_+624hkfukzasgkmhp1nqrs0tcs0ey7zzo4za...@mail.gmail.com
