Cloud Changelist

Brainstorming

Remove this section as ideas are put into a more structured form (or discarded).

• Retire appliance-creator
  • Anaconda-based installs are the way forward
    • Needs new ImageFactory release
    • Patch Koji for ImageFactory support
    • Then, needs new Koji release
    • Then, push new Koji release to Fedora production
• Extend AutoQA to allow for automated testing of cloud images (if not already possible)
• Automate rel-eng
  • produce scratch builds on change (or at least nightly builds?)
  • upload final release and re-release images to ec2 and ftp
• Updated Web Site for Obtaining Cloud Images
  • Easier access to provided images for various use cases
  • Provide build toolchain
  • encourage community to use toolchain to build new products
  • Allow folks to share and review the work done by their peers
• Implement new procedures for (a)periodical re-releases
• Ensure usability of software stacks for cloud usage
  • Always have several different versions (major or minor releases, i.e. non-bugfix releases) ready for installation
  • Make sure older versions are supported and available as long as possible, particularly with new Fedora releases
    • i.e. apps running on F21 cloud images should still be able to run on F22 cloud images (and F23? How long should they work?)
• More modularly-packaged kernel (modules that are not necessary in virtualized environments need become optionally installable)
• More modularly-packaged (or written?) SELinux policies
• Make it possible to install without l10n/i18n support (no extra languages, etc.) but keep the possibility to install them
• Make it possible to install packages without documentation (to save space) but keep the possibility to install them