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

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 09:41:22AM +0100, Stéphane Jourdois wrote:
> (BTW: I seem to not have much more time available than everybody else.

Well, as before, it's still also part of my work here... And since
it's a current topic here at work again, I plan to put some time into
it (respectively already did to first fix our local roles before
tackling general issues :-).

> Thanks Axel to remind me that I have some work to do !)

Hehe, it wasn't thought as reminder, just as announcement of my
current work plan on xen-tools. See it as some medium term roadmap.

OTOH I'm really happy to see that the whole team is still there. :-)

> 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.

I have that one on my todo list, too.

> >   #611397 can't install sarge i386 on amd64 host

This, too.

I'd say whoever got a fix first, pushes it to the master branch, ok? I
think the risk of doing double work is quite low as those really
should be easy to fix.

> >   #609982 btrfs support for domU creation is broken
> >           [Yeah, nobody really tested this...]
> 
> That one also.

Since I don't have any btrfs experience yet, I'm happy if someone else
tries to tackle it.

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

Also on my todo list. I'd suggest the same procedure as mentioned
above. :-)

> > 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.

I agree although personally I'm currently fine with the current state.

> >   #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.

I'm fine with coding it, but if someone else could test it, I'd be
happy. If noone of us would have had a dual-stack Dom0, I'd taken
Graham Freeman's generous offer of a dual-stack Dom0 for testing
purpose.

> > 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 ?

Not sure. I thought we fixed that already, but it's definitely still
there.

> Do we want user interaction during image creation ?

Usually not.

> > Probably won't go into the next release:
> >
> >   #547882 Doesn't support different netmasks per ip
> This one is important to me.

Ah, good.

> It implies some fiddling that I'm willing to do. See previous
> discussions about that one.

Thanks!

		Kind regards, Axel
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