Yeah, we can put a script inside the image (e.g. like ~/start_allura).  I like
that idea.

I think for today I'll just keep everything as-is though.  Maybe during PyCon
sprints I'll work on a script.

On 4/3/14 10:42 AM, Cory Johns wrote:
> Ugh.  Of course update.sh won't be there if the repo is missing, but I
> meant having some sort of script in the VM image that handles checking out
> the repo and running the setup steps (including update.sh).  Alternatively,
> could be a wrapper script that handles cloning the repo and initializing
> the VM (similar to ievms).
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Cory Johns <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> +1 for shared folder, as well, but could we possibly make update.sh handle
>> the git clone from the vagrant side if the code is missing?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Wayne Witzel III <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> +1 shared folder. Like Tim said, it is what people who are used to
>>> developing with Vagrant expect. FWIW I've also never felt the shared
>>> folders in Vagrant were slow.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Igor Bondarenko <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 for leaving shared folder setup as is
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Tim Van Steenburgh <
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> FWIW, I would leave the shared folder setup as-is. I use this vagrant
>>>>> setup regularly for other projects and I've never noticed a
>>> performance
>>>>> penalty - it's always felt as responsive as accessing local files. I
>>>> would
>>>>> think people kind of expect this setup when using vagrant (if they've
>>>> used
>>>>> it before anyway). And if we change it, we'll only end up replacing
>>> the
>>>>> `git clone` instructions with nfs mount or rsync instructions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Dave Brondsema wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm working on building a new vagrant image, since the last image we
>>>>> built was
>>>>>> back in August. Our instructions [1] specify doing a git clone of
>>> the
>>>>> repo (and
>>>>>> I actually missed that and got tripped up by lack of source!). But
>>>> would
>>>>> it
>>>>>> make more sense to include the git repo within the machine image?
>>>> That'd
>>>>> make
>>>>>> it easier to get up and running (especially if you don't have git
>>>>> installed on
>>>>>> the host). Code getting stale wouldn't be an issue since our Vagrant
>>>>>> instructions specify to run update.sh (http://update.sh) which
>>>> includes
>>>>> a git pull.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The downside is that the allura source wouldn't be in a shared
>>> vagrant
>>>>> folder
>>>>>> for easy access with your favorite editor, it'd have to be edited
>>> with
>>>>> vim
>>>>>> inside the vagrant box. But shared vagrant folders are pretty slow
>>>>> anyway, so
>>>>>> its probably better to recommend development via a different shared
>>>>> method
>>>>>> (vagrant supports NFS or rsync now). See speed comparison at [2].
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A different option would be to recommend downloading an official
>>>> release
>>>>> instead
>>>>>> of git clone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes? No?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> https://forge-allura.apache.org/p/allura/wiki/Install%20and%20Run%20Allura%20-%20Vagrant/
>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://mitchellh.com/comparing-filesystem-performance-in-virtual-machines
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dave Brondsema : [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
>>>>>> http://www.brondsema.net : personal
>>>>>> http://www.splike.com : programming
>>>>>> <><
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 



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