[xen-tools] Re: Looks like nothing left to do

[Steve Kemp]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 06:51:13PM +0100, Henning Sprang wrote:
> On 2/13/07, Steve Kemp <steve at steve.org.uk> wrote:
> >  I find it hard to think of anything new to add, or remove, which
> > would be useful.
> 
> That's why you have me :)

  True enough!

> You talked about adding mach for other rpm-based distributions a while
> ago, and I liked the idea (but don't know a lot about mach).

  Hmmm I honestly don't remember this.  Still if it is easier to use
 and keep current than rpmstrap then yes, I'd be all for it.

> I've found out how to install Fedora and SuSE with yum, and I can give
> you the necessary hints for this - I think this is the best way, to be
> preffered before rpmstrap and mach, because you can mainly get the
> newest versions without depending on another package.

  I'd be interested in that, yes.

> You just need a package list for the newest distribution.

  If this is something I/we would need to maintain then I'd be a little
 unhappy with it.  The biggest issue I have with rpmstrap is that its
 lists get out of date, and patching them up on sarge installations is
 hard.

> I can give you that hopefully in the course of the next week, if not,
> it will take until April.

  OK.

> If you have better/more important things to do, I'll try to prepare a
> patch that immediately can be applied, so you will not have too much
> work yourself.

  Well from a practical point of view it would be nice to wrap things
 up sooner rather than later - but if you're busy you're busy and I 
 can certainly wait.

> That is not to say that xen-tools isn't a very good tool, and from
> what I've seen (and I've looked at quite some) the most useful of xen
> third party tools!

  Thanks :)

  I think you deserve a fair amount of the credit for the bug reports/
 suggestions you've made..

Steve
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