On 02/07/2014 11:25 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Ryan Harper ([email protected]): >> * Serge Hallyn <[email protected]> [2014-02-07 09:40]: >>> Quoting Ryan Harper ([email protected]): >>>> * Serge Hallyn <[email protected]> [2014-02-06 17:04]: >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> Definitely. I'd be happy to contribute here. I've been a heavy user of >>>> uvtool since I found out about it last fall. >>> >>> Hi Ryan, >>> >>> I could be wrong but think Robie was going to write a section, so be >>> sure to coordinate if so. >> >> Sure. >> >>> >>> Note that there is one package left which is in heavy use and still >>> uses vm-builder: >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/auto-upgrade-testing/+bug/1261416 >>> >>> I do intend to come up with a patch to convert it to uvtool, however if >>> you have time, it sounds like you've used uvtool a lot more than I have, >>> so help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> I'll take a look. > > Thanks!
>> https://github.com/clalancette/oz/wiki/oz-install Whoever wants to write documentation for these tools please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/UbuntuServerGuide Section 20.2 is for vmbuilder. We can replace it with these other tools. Thanks! /pmatulis -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
