[Pkg-ganeti-devel] Bug#474452: Bug#474452: ganeti: recommends packages not in main

[Iustin Pop]

On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 05:01:43PM +0200, Amaya wrote:
> Iustin Pop wrote:
> > Unfortunately, today ganeti needs xen to work, as other hypervisors
> > are not yet implemented.
> 
> I somehow expected that.
> 
> > Without xen, I don't think it makes sense to have ganeti unless we
> > expect the user to install his own xen kernel/tools. Do you think this
> > would be a reasonable expectation? (together with README.debian notes,
> > changes to the long description, etc. so that the users know what they
> > need to do).
> 
> What is the status of xen in unstable? Do you think it can be shipped
> with lenny for the release at all? I am sorry, I am not familiar with
> the xen status.

I think not, so due to this bug and the newly-opened #487752 one, I
don't think ganeti should stay in testing (and be released in lenny).

Once the new 2.0 version is released that will hopefully work with other
hypervisors, we can think again about including it.

thanks,
iustin