Quoting Peter Matulis ([email protected]):
> On 12/10/2013 12:13 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Years ago it was decided that vm-builder would be deprecated in favor
> > of alternatives (cloud images, live-build, and some others).  This was
> > dicussed at at least two separate physical UDSes.  However, it was
> > never actually dropped from the archive.  As a result people kept
> > using it despite it being considered deprecated and no longer
> > maintained.  This is resulting in people losing data and time, i.e.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/1090223
> > 
> > I intend to open a bug to ask that it be removed from the archive
> > for trusty.  If anyone objects, please reply here.
> 
> What is the state of documentation for 'live-build and some others'?  We
> shouldn't assume everyone has been cloudified.

Pretty poor.  I am placing my hopes more on Robie's uvtool package than
live-build.  It is what I've been using for projects needing to migrate
from vmbuilder.  uvtool should definately gain a server guide section.

-serge

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