On 20 April 2015 at 05:54, Tiago Ilieve <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jan, > > I've took a quick look at your box and there are few points that I'd > like to remark: > > - As this is a box that's intended to be shared with the world, would > be nice if it had "http://http.debian.net/debian/"; as its default > mirror. > - The root partition could be a bit more generous than 2GiB, as the > virtual disk will grow with usage. That's not a rule, but I've seen > some Vagrant boxes using 40-80GiB for this. > - Do you really think that the `01_nodoc` script is needed? I would > understand if that was an image meant to be used in a non-interactive > environment, but that's not the most common use case for Vagrant. > - Somewhat related to the last one, but maybe the packages' option > "install_standard"[1] could be used to make the box a little bit more > user-friendly. > > Also, do you mind putting this manifest on a Git (possible GitHub) > repository? This will make easier to look at its current state and > change history, propose changes, etc. > > Regards, > Tiago. > > [1]: > https://bootstrap-vz.readthedocs.org/en/wip-integration-testing/manifest.html#packages > > On 17 April 2015 at 13:29, Jan Niggemann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > > > following James Brombergers proposal > > (https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2015/04/msg00011.html), I'm > planning > > to create official debian boxes and upload them to atlas (formerly > > vagrantcloud). > > > > My planning is roughly the following: > > - get to know bootstrap-vz (<- done) > > - create a sustainable environment for bootstrapping (<- done) > > - create a "alpha" box to gather feedback (<- done, see download link > below) > > - shrink boxes (eg. remove unused locales, ...) > > - figure out how to automate upload of boxes to my own account on atlas > > - request delegation from DPL > > - do whatever is necessary to setup and maintain an official debian > account > > on atlas > > - monitor debian-announce and build new boxes when necessary > > > > I'm planning to initially create stable boxes i386 and amd46 and later > add > > testing and perhaps oldstable. > > > > For now, I'd very much like the community to test the box below and give > me > > some feedback on what to change / improve. > > > > The box file is 181MB and located here: > > http://files.hz6.de/debian-wheezy-i386-150417.box > > > > For completeness' sake I'm including the manifest file I've used to > create > > this box: > > --- > > provider: > > name: virtualbox > > guest_additions: /root/images/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso > > bootstrapper: > > workspace: /root/images/workspace > > image: > > name: debian-{system.release}-{system.architecture}-{%y}{%m}{%d} > > description: Debian {system.release} {system.architecture} > > system: > > release: wheezy > > architecture: i386 > > bootloader: grub > > charmap: UTF-8 > > hostname: localhost > > locale: en_US > > timezone: UTC > > packages: > > mirror: http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ > > volume: > > backing: vmdk > > partitions: > > type: msdos > > root: > > size: 2GiB > > filesystem: ext4 > > plugins: > > apt_proxy: > > address: 10.11.1.74 > > port: 3142 > > vagrant: {} > > minimize_size: > > zerofree: true > > shrink: true > > image_commands: > > commands: [ ["cp", "/root/images/01_nodoc", > > "{root}/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/"] ] > > > > The 01_nodoc file is my first shot at further reducing the box size: > > path-exclude /usr/share/doc/* > > # we need to keep copyright files for legal reasons > > path-include /usr/share/doc/*/copyright > > path-exclude /usr/share/man/* > > path-exclude /usr/share/groff/* > > path-exclude /usr/share/info/* > > # lintian stuff is small, but really unnecessary > > path-exclude /usr/share/lintian/* > > path-exclude /usr/share/linda/* > > # lang > > path-exclude /usr/share/locale/* > > path-include /usr/share/locale/en* > > path-exclude /usr/share/i18n/locale/* > > path-include /usr/share/i18n/locale/en* > > > > Have a nice weekend > > Jan > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [email protected] > > Archive: > > > https://lists.debian.org/20150417182913.horde.afvn7xrsydx8fjvih8s4...@htjn.suhail.uberspace.de > > > > > > -- > Tiago "Myhro" Ilieve > Blog: http://blog.myhro.info/ > GitHub: https://github.com/myhro/ > Montes Claros - MG, Brasil > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/CALdTKe9fCPfS7O1PqDgH0zWLobky_1=c+tw2311nrmr8jcb...@mail.gmail.com > > > Also, do you mind putting this manifest on a Git (possible GitHub) repository? > This will make easier to look at its current state and change history, propose changes, etc. In this regard I'd like to introduce an "official" folder in bootstrap-vz/manifests by the way, maybe accompanied by a README that explains where each image for a manifest can be found. Wouldn't this be the best place to put it? Anders
