If you look at AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest, you'll see sometimes we are testing cloud-specific templates, not just the default ones. These tests will be retained.
This change adds focus by removing the confusing concept of supported operating systems which we were never able to back up. Also, it removes maintenance. The cost of removing is that image parsers may have glitches that go unnoticed. Ex. The code accidentally represents an Imagr with a naming convention like foo-linux-ubuntu-12.04 as linux and not getting the version right. However, this sort of thing is better handled in mock tests anyway, as delaying parse problems until live tests may mean they go unnoticed. Bottom-line, removing this high maintenance and runtime are of live tests has a small impact on quality, if they were run. Since they haven't been, increasing the signal to noise and reducing runtime makes this a more approachable test, which we can hopefully start paying attention to again. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds/pull/603#issuecomment-63338528
