----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tomas Jelinek" <tjeli...@redhat.com> > To: devel@ovirt.org > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 2:17:27 PM > Subject: [ovirt-devel] how to call the SW part of instance type? > > Hey all, > > in the instance type feature [1] there are two parts, the "instance types" > (HW part of the machine) and the "something not sure how to call" (which is > basically a disk image with some SW related metadata like OS type). It is > inspired by the Amazon's "Instance Type" + "AMI". > > Currently, the handling of the HW part is merged upstream (some small parts > missing but mostly there) but the software part is not. I'd like to start > implementing it and wanted to ask the community how to call it. Normally it > would be called "image", but since we already have images in oVirt it would > be confusing. > > I see this options how to call it, please feel free to comment on them, vote > for some or propose a new name (please keep in mind that the HW part is > called "Instance Type"). > > - Instance Image > - Software Profile > - OMI (oVirt Machine Image)
I'd go for the one above > - System Image > - ITI (Instance Type Image) > > Thank you, > Tomas > > > [1]: http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Instance_Types > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel