Thanks for your great job! I will try the merged WIP branch on my side so see if the issues I found previously for raw images on kvm on python branch are all gone now. I will let you know if a few persists.
Olivier 2014/1/7 Anders Ingemann <[email protected]> > Hello everybody > > The last few weeks I have been hard at work on a slew of different new > features and fixes for build-debian-cloud. There have been quite a few > framework changes/improvements/simplifications, here's the gist of it: > > Support installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions > > Support for vmdk disk format > New plugin: *vagrant *(yay!) - Example manifest file also added > > Integrated package plugin with base system: > > - New phase introduced "package installation" > - Apt source lines are now parsed, this allows to verify the target > release of added packages. > - All packages (except locales) are now installed *after* bootstrapping > > > Introduced a global manifest_vars dictionary. All manifest entries can now > be accessed from the manifest itself. > So now you can write > ... > image: { > > "name":"debian-{system.release}-{system.architecture}-{virtualization}-{%Y}-{%m}-{%d}-{volume.backing}", > "description": "Log in with {plugins.cloud_init.username}" > } > > > Distinguish between bootstrap and apt mirror > > - They can both be set independently now. > - If the bootstrap mirror is not set, it falls back to the apt mirror, > which in turn falls back to the geo redirector. > - Use cloudfront mirror in ec2 manifests > > Extlinux support. The bootloader is now specified in the manifest. Largely > untested at this moment > > New plugin: minimize_size. It binds folders from the host machine to > temporary and cache folders in the image. This way dynamic volumes will not > grow in size when running `apt-get update` etc. > > Remove provider specific manifests - Provider modules now must implement > validate_manifest like plugins do (in essence providers are just glorified > plugins now :-) ) > > I have begun with a documentation site: > http://andsens.github.io/build-debian-cloud/ > There is not a lot to see yet (except me dabbling a little bit in d3.js), > more to come :-) > > Anders > -- gpg key id: 4096R/326D8438 (keyring.debian.org) Key fingerprint = 5FB4 6F83 D3B9 5204 6335 D26D 78DC 68DB 326D 8438
