From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 11 05:02:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD135F9B; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onyx.glenbarber.us (onyx.glenbarber.us [IPv6:2607:fc50:1000:c200::face]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9344E1B71; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:02:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from glenbarber.us (70.15.88.86.res-cmts.sewb.ptd.net [70.15.88.86]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: gjb) by onyx.glenbarber.us (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 988ED23F848; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:02:36 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.3 onyx.glenbarber.us 988ED23F848 Authentication-Results: onyx.glenbarber.us; dkim=none reason="no signature"; dkim-adsp=none Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:02:34 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: Beyond Buildworld Dev Summit Working Group Report Message-ID: <20130611050234.GB1627@glenbarber.us> References: <8FC4A83C-0C91-471A-9962-1A67FE115A67@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8FC4A83C-0C91-471A-9962-1A67FE115A67@freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: George Neville-Neil , hackers@freebsd.org, "devsummit@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:02:41 -0000 --24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 09:25:39PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > =E2=80=A2 Crochet with VM images [TimKeintzle], [GlenBarber], [ColinPe= rcival] >=20 > Per Colin, there's no way for "mere mortals" to upload machine > images to Amazon, so there's little point in pursuing that. >=20 > I did recently add support to Crochet for building VMWare VM images > directly. Works pretty well; I've been using it to build throw-away > images for testing. This goes a step further than what Glen > has recently announced; so far, he's just building the VMDK disk > image, Crochet fills in the rest of the VM configuration files. >=20 > It should be routine to duplicate the approach to support other > VM environments (e.g., Parallels, VirtualBox, OFA). My time is > limited but I'm happy to assist if someone else wants to work on it. >=20 I do intend to look at how Crochet does this, because I think your implementation is far more user friendly and cross-application compatible. I'll certainly pick your brain on it, if you don't mind. Unfortunately, time has been the big issue for me lately, in addition to some unexpected out-of-town-ness this week. Glen --24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRtq9qAAoJEFJPDDeguUajwtMH/0B9aE37gTFx7kEMkDPOAFOJ 6noiXtGvRSLRLJXHFQ2Ps09yLVkKd+rX8+2QAxwbhO5AA/Z7sfTAKGzZQlJVfuv6 aGurgnBsnHzADsCKamw0V/11sBq2K85xjMvAF1wz4MZ1LOcYX0oSY2fM40N6ptST mvDfGBFSVoDESobYDOS153lKPVji6YtgJRZO5kqsmkpFMn9NFz/bx/d/zW8W0TSC K33Uxwt8cvk/PUoCndMZ82dBiqLsbok4SNSoupQvIPyNCV2FtoBivTSSX40h5tC7 v+BC5j2EFFQPmXR+Lla1wOBYL3I0+eUeAXDS8uZzYp8IZ/IOxk777RII16ge2bM= =E/UX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --24zk1gE8NUlDmwG9--