[xen-tools-discuss] Plan for xen-tools 4.3

Jonathan Aquilina eagles051387 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 7 19:41:54 CET 2011


On 3/7/11 7:27 PM, Dmitry Nedospasov wrote:
> Hey Axel,
>
> Thanks for this great summary! I can comment on the stuff i know abou ;)
>
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 04:01:50PM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
>>    #609982 btrfs support for domU creation is broken
>>            [Yeah, nobody really tested this...]
> Oh so it wasn't just me that didn't test it :D
>
>>    #607236 70-install-ssh: needlessly generates ssh keys, stalls
>>    	  xen-create-image
> This is a definate won't fix. We want to generate the keys before hand
> so that we can show the fingerprint post install.
>
>>    #609673 creates bad domU.cfg with "root" disk not listed first
>>    	  (pyGrub related?).
>>            [Could also be related to the mount order issues, Stephane
>> 	  and me investigated at the Debian MiniDebConf and Bug
>> 	  Squashing Party at Paris.]
> Umm... if someone can explain this one to me, I'll take a look at it...
> I'm still not sure what the error is.
>
>>    #610837 Should support providing enabling and/or providing manually
>> 	  IPv6 settings
> Ooh, i like this one, though i don't have ipv6 to test it with :(
> (TU-Berlin still doesn't have it).
>
>>    #588783 Should mount /dev/pts when creating image
> I think there was a consideration here, but I don't remember what.
>
>>    #495266 xen-create-image --accounts misnumbers user groups
> I don't see how this can scale without errors. Doesn't xen-tools
> currently copy all users, i.e. all daemons too? In this case it'd be
> smart to just copy everything with uids>1000.
>
>>    #578399 can't install a complete, usable instance of centos
>>            [maybe a rinse issue]
> Yeah looks like rinse to me too.
>
> Regards,
>
> D.
Hey guys not trying to hijack, but if you need something to test take a 
look at sixxs.net

its an ipv6 tunnel broker. that might help in regards to testing out 
ipv6 related stuff.


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