-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:15:13 +0100 > Von: Anders Ingemann <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Fwd: Registering ebs-snapshot with euca2ools
> I don't need the tools on the image we are creating. But if folks cannot recreate something with Debian, then this is non-free. > 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. I volunteer to upload euca2ools to backports.debian.org, which would then be version 2.0.x if that is fine. [1] http://wiki.debian.org/euca2ools [2] http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/euca2ools.html Steffen > 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 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
