After the arp issues I had with the current system vm(VR) when behind an RHEL FW using arp for IP clustering, having the option of a centos VR would be great.
Mixed Linux distro environments can sometimes have unforeseen consequences. And if a shop is totally RHEL, then forcing them to use non RHEL distros for infra components makes little sense. If we can get these alternate system VMs working, then I think it's a good move. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 12, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012, at 11:32 PM, Marcus Sorensen wrote: >> This is pretty important. Anyone should be able to roll their own, >> rather >> than relying on a single potentially out-of-date image. It seems like it >> would be pretty simple and straightforward on the face of it, however >> many >> of the scripts have been written specifically for Debian. I'd honestly be >> ok with having to stick to a particular distro if I at least had clear >> instructions on how to make my own, I understand the need to program >> against a single defined userspace. > > I see a potential problem with this. > > Any scenario where users are customizing part of the stack means > additional variables which means additional problems. If we target > Debian, trying to create a system VM from CentOS/RHEL means different > libraries, etc. - which means a number of potential problems cropping up > where there were none before. > > I'm not saying users *shouldn't* be able to do this - just that I > haven't noticed anyone raising the issue that we'll probably start > seeing a fair number more bugs if replacing the system VM becomes a > standard practice. There's a reason, for instance, that Linux vendors > don't support custom kernels - and what's being proposed here is > swapping out an entire OS. > > It's going to make things a bit more tricky when someone reports a bug > and they're using a roll-your-own system VM and the people doing the > testing are using a different one. > > Again - not saying we shouldn't do this, but I'd like to see that given > a bit more consideration when we're discussing the issue. > > Best, > > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > j...@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
