[xen-tools-discuss] Where to find _real_and up_to_date_ documentation ?

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:12:08AM +0200, Kevin FAUCHON wrote:
> I'm planning to use xen-tools on debian to create other distributions domU.
> But i need documentation.
> 
> Is anybody knowing where to find real and up to date documentation
> about xen-tools?

The POD documentation in the scripts is up-to-date. (And therefore
also the man pages in the Debian package which is generated out of the
POD.)

> because actualy website is very old,

At least the download page is surely uptodate. I also tried to keep
the other pages uptodate. Maybe I missed _some_.

> no ducumentation avaible on it:

Getting the POD or man pages online is an idea.

> Actualy, website speak about debian sarge,
>
> and tell xen-tools can create distributions which may currently be
> created are Debian GNU/Linux Sid, Sarge, Etch, and CentOS4.

Uh? I thought I catched all Sarge and Etch occurrences on the website.
Will check again.

> But in 2006 (yeah, 5 years agos...) official dev said gentoo is also
> possible, see:
> http://www.xen-tools.org/lists/xen-tools-discuss/Jun06/0017.html
> (but jailtime is now dead and slacklet is not free to download, how
> can we get the base gentoo image for installing gentoo?)

Gentoo is currently not supported. And it IIRC wasn't in the last
release before the current team took over. At least I wasn't aware (or
just forgot :) that there even once was support.

As usual, patches are appreciated. I'm also currently checking if some
of my Gentoo friends use Xen, so I can get someone I can ask questions
and maybe some guinea pig. :-)

> Also, i hope now xen-tools is able to create newer debian flavor than etch...

It surely is. Version 4.2 is included in Debian Squeeze and able to
install at least all releases from Etch to Squeeze plus a huge bunch
of Ubuntu releases.

> Mailing list is almost dead,

Eh? No, the two mailing lists our main communication channel.

> official website is not uptodate,

Tell me where and I fix it.

Oh, and please tell me to which IP xen-tools.org (or
www.xen-tools.org, should be the same) points. Just to be sure it
doesn't point to the old host before the move. (At least here it
points to the right IP address, 85.10.207.172)

> is the project dead?

Surely not, we resurrected it about a year ago and made three releases
and some beta releases since then.

> Real question is: can we continue to use xen-tools

That's why I took over the project and resurrected it.

		Kind regards, Axel
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