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> Datum: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:15:13 +0100
> Von: Anders Ingemann <anders@ingemann.de>
> An: debian-cloud@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Fwd: Registering ebs-snapshot with euca2ools
But if folks cannot recreate something with Debian, then this is non-free.
> I don't need the tools on the image we are creating.
I volunteer to upload euca2ools to backports.debian.org, which would then be version 2.0.x if that is fine.
> The image is a
> vanilla debian installation (plus some startup scripts).
> The tools are only required on the bootstrapper. However, I designed
> it to be fully automated. Clone my tool and run the command - you're
> done.
> The project is not only intended for the official aws images, other
> people use it as well (there are currently 10 forks and one fork of a
> fork).
> I cannot simply add the testing mirrors automatically and require
> people to upgrade python to 2.7 on a squeeze installation they might
> be using for other stuff as well.
>
> So for now I think this is the best solution.
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/euca2ools
[2] http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/euca2ools.html
Steffen
> On 13 November 2012 16:02, Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:31:38PM +0100, Anders Ingemann wrote:
> >> I solved it, hopefully you guys don't think it's too messy.
> >> I install python-boto and python-m2crypt with apt.
> >> Then i download the euca2ools-1.3.2 archive from github and install it
> >> with make.
> >> The installer puts it in /usr/local, which I think is fine.
> >> So now the bootstrapper is and uses 100% free software :-)
> >>
> >> Any comments?
> >
> > Thanks for this hack! However, yes, it does seem a tad too messy :)
> > (and, more importantly, not reliable, e.g. what if the GitHub project
> > disappears?)
> >
> > I confess I'm a bit confused though.
> >
> > Is it you on your machine that needs the testing version? (meaning that
> > one would need to use testing to *build* stable images)
> >
> > Or is it rather that we need newer euca2ools version to ship *inside*
> > the images?
> >
> > In the former case, it wouldn't be a big deal. It just means we need a
> > testing Debian machine to bootstrap stable AMIs. I think we can live
> > with that.
> >
> > Can you clarify which is which?
> > TIA,
> > --
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