> Currently, both the Openstack images and the image built for Azure are > using extlinux instead of Grub. I think this is mostly due to a personal > preference from Zigo. extlinux works fine but this is a deviation of > what a user would expect of a regular Debian installation. > > Should cloud images be allowed to change the bootloader? >
I would say Yes, if there is a documented reason for the change. I don't know what was the intent of Zigo, but if you need to install a bootloader inside a diskimage, it is much less convoluted to do it with extlinux than with grub (example with grub https://github.com/andsens/bootstrap-vz/blob/0b9c8181feec6fb3c6818b0d75e29b100bd751bf/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/grub.py) Emmanuel
