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

[Stéphane Jourdois]

Hi,

(BTW: I seem to not have much more time available than everybody else.
Thanks Axel to remind me that I have some work to do !)


Le 06/03/2011 16:01, Axel Beckert a écrit :
> Detailed plan on bug-hunting:
>
> Should be easy to fix:
>
>   #605203 Role script editor crashes with dash

I'll look into that one.

>   #611397 can't install sarge i386 on amd64 host
>   #609982 btrfs support for domU creation is broken
>           [Yeah, nobody really tested this...]

That one also.

>   #611407 --ip=auto option always fails; 'auto' doesn't match IPaddr
>   	  regex

Idem.

> Needs some closer investigation, but should be fixable nevertheless:
>
>   #607236 70-install-ssh: needlessly generates ssh keys, stalls
>   	  xen-create-image
This one requires discussion IMHO.

>   #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.]
I failed on this one, Dmitry should be able to fix.

>   #610837 Should support providing enabling and/or providing manually
> 	  IPv6 settings
Can do, or test if anybody is willing to do it, I do have dual stack on
my dom0.

> To check if it still happens with 4.2, and if so, fix it once and
> forever:
>
>   #588783 Should mount /dev/pts when creating image
We could fix this one by pre-feeding debconf ? Do we want user
interaction during image creation ?

> Needs new features or changes in default behaviour to get fixed, but still
> in reach for the next release:
>
>   #610457 no possibility to use a local security mirror for Ubuntu and
>   	  Debian
>   #616393 Provide a possibility to generate a MAC address in advance
>
> Probably won't go into the next release:
>
>   #547882 Doesn't support different netmasks per ip
This one is important to me. It implies some fiddling that I'm willing
to do. See previous discussions about that one.

> No answer since my last inquiry, so I really don't know if we should
> change this:
>
>   #477238 Please, remove /domains directory creation.
>
> Only relevant in Lenny or on Lenny DomUs, not sure if we will fix that
> at all as it will be more or less obsolete in the future:
>
>   #404508 should know about installing linux-modules packages
>
> All other bugs are bugs from pre-4.2 times and IIRC not easy to fix:
>
>   #495266 xen-create-image --accounts misnumbers user groups
>   #547882 Doesn't support different netmasks per ip
>   #578399 can't install a complete, usable instance of centos
>           [maybe a rinse issue]
>
>
> Anyone else has plans or wishes for 4.3? Or comments? :-)
>
> 		Kind regards, Axel

Thx.

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