Only though testing we can know if there are any regressions, with Debian7 to be unsupported somewhere in 2018 we need to start some work around this.
Distros such as Arch Linux are not solid enough or work out of the box and have bleeding edge unstable software. Debian 9 "stretch" finally have openjdk-8-jre-headless (which surprising was not in debian8, though was in debian8's backports) so we can move away from using Azul's distro as well, along with having updated stable dependencies/versions. Debian distributions are usually gold standard for security with other distros such as Tails and Kali Linux build on top of it, maybe a reason why systemvm templates were originally build using Debian as base. Moving to a new distribution will be a lot more work given highly assumed and dependent code (bash/python scripts) that targets Debian based systemvmtemplate. Perhaps a more modular and modern approach would be to split systemvm services and run them in containers, using a light base such as Alpine Linux, however that's a different discussion and a much bigger project to undertake. - Rohit ________________________________ From: Jayapal Uradi <jayapal.ur...@accelerite.com> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 6:34:08 AM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Move to Debian9 systemvmtemplate First one come to my mind is VPN feature. But other general issues will depend on what are changed in debain9. Thanks, Jayapal rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue > On Jul 24, 2017, at 9:54 AM, Satki Badal <satki.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jayapal, > > Do we know what all features re covered by Marvin and what all will require > manual testing ? > I guess without this list we can never be sure is all the features got tested > or not. > > Thanks, > Satki > >> On 24-Jul-2017, at 9:48 AM, Jayapal Uradi <jayapal.ur...@accelerite.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We should throughly check all the VR features to see feature breakage >> because of Debian9. >> >> Thanks, >> Jayapal >> >> >>> On Jul 23, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> >>> >>> Just want to kick an initial discussion around migration to Debian9 based >>> systemvmtemplate, and get your feedback on the same. >>> >>> Here's a work-in-progress PR: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/2198 >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com >>> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> >>> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK >>> @shapeblue >>> >>> >>> >> >> DISCLAIMER >> ========== >> This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the >> property of Accelerite, a Persistent Systems business. It is intended only >> for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are >> not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, >> print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this >> communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of >> this message. Accelerite, a Persistent Systems business does not accept any >> liability for virus infected mails. >> >
