Hello Ben, Just for clarification, are you talking about the VirtualBox guest modules, host modules or both?
Regards, Michael On 12.02.2015 20:08, Ben Howard wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi, > > I am on the team that builds the Ubuntu Cloud and Vagrant Images. Over > the last year or so we have watched projects like Vagrant and the > user-experience of Ubuntu within Virtualbox. We want to improve the > experience for users. > > One area that we spotted for improvement is the DKMS modules. In > general, while DMKS modules are a great solution, the dependency tree is > huge (bloats an image by several hundred MB). As a result, we have > decided to include the Virtualbox modules into our kernel. > > There are several really good reasons for including the DKMS modules in > the kernel. For our Vagrant users, including the modules in the kernel > means that we can distribute small images. And for the new Ubuntu Core > images, the Virtualbox userland can be Snap packaged. > > We wanted to communicate this decision and gather any feedback. > > > Thanks, > Ben > > - -- > > > Ben Howard > ben.how...@canonical.com > Canonical > GPG ID 0x5406A866 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU3Po4AAoJEETWil5UBqhmc1oP/1WpFbZOQLY11bKD90e5IkLW > 2qGrkRyDdshjezDP7foL3BoKHTBdssFywRhI7Izc6PmWTdnX9FnW9N7YZLwKtJx3 > VaGAGKKGQU51K8ZiMYyq+Hb7gLrGuaH+duQczHa5SNsDe+JNjakouRNwra1+F7tj > H/7lflieanrBHblHTlOaEviM+nUEguCgWqx6tZYvuBOH9mkwrezFRPCm19QFdGhr > 7K2TdwL6x03ZUPklIO42LhsFhx724n38uqr6Ryd+6TC2oICTpv+xHAPT3sO6r2Vy > WRBpnaQ21A8qlJXQRum/Yf51uZe1rVpSQlsO66wQMJqhVMsBB9RNO1o9kxqbJcEp > rDcL93C84f0/T6BeYk6Vz5jYfVAj2d840UEXMtYmIgAkAr3fQOgVbUom8Ai1cMR9 > CdxqYyvd2BZK1pDBzx/xHcoIcnt4ZfgDG2A6XszTo4D8cMG+Hy0bdIVenNzIiUIv > gYxBbhSGiPZwxgjL/cv1mmuPfqmwi/gtpXmiZetopBt8Pow9JrkI0yL0F0UkRd8L > 22E+rlVNwgN8l8lu/mCfFLimJ83uS8zWMOL3AoCsFQuIjrFNYEASsZ6kyxRDQ23N > VE0KCPNCHPzla0NyHZX6MWXdeAmMaLwtkAZdi0Hj5odQvrTGabvtpoBhzbt+5efy > FbDSr/lJ1vRIHM3cFCbf > =MjNd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > vbox-dev@virtualbox.org > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > -- ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Michael Thayer Werkstrasse 24 VirtualBox engineering 71384 Weinstadt, Germany mailto:michael.tha...@oracle.com Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list vbox-dev@virtualbox.org https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
