Thanks Fabian. I'll wait for the el6 version. -----Original Message----- From: Fabian Deutsch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 December 2013 11:14 To: Simon Barrett Cc: Itamar Heim; Bob Doolittle; [email protected]; Fabian Deutsch Subject: Re: [Users] oVirt Node ISO
Am Mittwoch, den 11.12.2013, 10:32 +0000 schrieb Simon Barrett: > I would rather stick with the el6 iso if possible for the reasons mentioned > in the previous email. However, if there are no plans to continue with the > production of el6 ovirt-node iso's I'll switch to fc19. > > So I suppose the question still stands, are there plans to release an el6 iso > for oVirt Node 3.0.3-1-1? Hey Simon, yes - it is still planned to do el6/CentOS based ovirt-node-iso releases. Contributions and testing is always welcome. - fabian > Many thanks. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Itamar Heim [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 09 December 2013 19:47 > To: Bob Doolittle; Simon Barrett; [email protected]; Fabian Deutsch > Subject: Re: [Users] oVirt Node ISO > > On 12/09/2013 08:58 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The point of "Node" is that it should be like an appliance. You > > should not care what is "under the covers". You just use it as a > > back-end appliance that talks to oVirt. So it should not matter what > > version of OS it runs, right? > > > > If you start doing things that are particular to the OS, two major > > disadvantages come to mind: > > 1. You will start "bloating" the system by adding new dependencies. > > This dilutes the value of a minimal node that minimizes management > > requirements 2. You will diverge from what's been tested by the > > oVirt QA team. This increases the risk of your deployment. > > > > Since Node is supposed to be an appliance, I would prefer that the > > oVirt team focus their energies on making it as small and robust as > > possible, rather than putting their energy into multiple OS versions of > > Node. > > not sure i agree. there are differences between the fedora and .el6 distro's, > especially around things like testing of backward compatibility for live > migration between different versions (for a clean upgrade path). > the fedora one covers newer features / fast moving the .el6 one is more > robust / tested. > > so depends on what you are trying to do. > > > > > -Bob > > > > On 12/09/2013 06:31 AM, Simon Barrett wrote: > >> > >> Are there plans to release an el6 iso for oVirt Node 3.0.3-1-1? > >> > >> I only see the fc19 version currently: > >> > >> Index of /releases/3.3/iso > >> > >> [ICO] Name Last modified Size Description > >> > >> [DIR] Parent Directory - > >> > >> [ ] ovirt-node-iso-3.0.1-1.0.1.vdsm.el6.iso 28-Aug-2013 04:56 > >> 219M > >> > >> [ ] ovirt-node-iso-3.0.1-1.0.1.vdsm.fc19.iso 28-Aug-2013 04:56 > >> 250M > >> > >> [ ] ovirt-node-iso-3.0.1-1.0.2.vdsm.el6.iso 11-Sep-2013 05:18 > >> 219M > >> > >> [ ] ovirt-node-iso-3.0.1-1.0.2.vdsm.fc19.iso 11-Sep-2013 05:19 > >> 250M > >> > >> [ ] ovirt-node-iso-3.0.3-1.1.vdsm.fc19.iso 27-Nov-2013 07:54 > >> 252M > >> > >> Many Thanks, > >> > >> Simon > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
