Re: Review Installation Media
Hi Folks,
Here is my attempt at an updated brief summary of the current status as a first impetus
for our discussion at the upcoming meeting on May 1.
1.
Our initial information that Kiwi can also be used for the generation of iso files is
currently not applicable in this form. We will create the iso files in unchanged form for
at least a few more releases.
If we don't want to spend another number of releases with the current outdated iso
files (and that seems very bad to me), then we should start tackling the issues now,
starting with the oldest one.
!proposed:
So I suggest starting now with the oldest issue (#32,
https://pagure.io/fedora-server/issue/32) and doing another video meeting soon.
2.
We don't have to decide at the moment which tool we will use to create our images in
the future. We would be busy with the iso files for the time being.
Instead, we could discuss with RelEng what tools are available and which is best. And in
what timeframe the changeover needs to take place.
Kiwi may not be optimal for us as we would have to maintain another set of configuration
files instead of using Kickstart files throughout. Therefore, our situation differs from
Cloud, which does not need to create iso files for Cloud VMs. But there may be no other
solution that is better for us. And in the end, it also comes down to choosing a solution
that can be managed with the resources available to Fedora (i.e. releng).
!proposed:
So I propose to postpone the decision about image generation for now.
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