On 17/11/14 08:41, Itamar Heim wrote:
1) Is this still an issue?
2) Can we afford to dilute the focus we have as it is hard enough to stabilize the currently supported distro's? is it worth the potential impact? In general: Software which supports multiple operating systems/distros tends to be more stable, because some bugs just get found on specific
3) Would it have maintainers catering to it so it won't be left behind / delay development?
4) Why bother with host support, ovirt-node can be used? My impression is, that most users don't use ovirt-node, because
Yes of course, or is it implemented yet? platforms. the general ovirt technology is available "everywhere" (TM): java & python this is a question for devel@ovirt.org (CC'ed ;) ) this project has not enough dev power and lacks certain stuff
5) Why bother with engine support, a virtual appliance or a docker image could be used? docker is inherently insecure (a famous red hatter said: it's like download random code from the internet and run it as root), so docker is no option today, imho. 6) if we do it, should we focus on Ubuntu or Debian distro first? well, the general rule of thumb is: if it runs on debian it runs on ubuntu. I see way more debian than ubuntu servers, but for modern deployments this changes. my personal opinion is, that ubuntu sucks as a server os. 7) if we do it, should we focus on host or engine first? atm you are focusing host, there are some bugs open for that and it's planned for 3.6. (that's what I read at least)
General note: Imho ovirt would greatly benefit from more supported distros. Not just debian and ubuntu, but you have to start somewhere. you can attract many devs, which just don't use el/fedora. furthermore, the basic technology runs on any linux distribution: java and python so these are "just" integration issues (path to configfiles, different init systems, packaging not in rpm, but deb, etc.) This is still a huge effort, but I guess canonical and various debian developers would maybe join the effort to make ovirt work on their platform. my 2 cent -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards Sven Kieske Systemadministrator Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG Königsberger Straße 6 32339 Espelkamp T: +49-5772-293-100 F: +49-5772-293-333 https://www.mittwald.de Geschäftsführer: Robert Meyer St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad Oeynhausen Komplementärin: Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH, HRB 13260, AG Bad Oeynhausen