On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:19 AM Anders Ingemann <and...@ingemann.de> wrote:
> > Chef is already doing this where the bento boxes are provisionerless > and the vagrant-omnibus plugin installs the version of Chef to your liking. > This! Definitely the way to go. Is there anything required of the box for > that solution to work, or is all you need apt-get? > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:33 AM Chris Fordham <ch...@fordham-nagy.id.au> > wrote: > >> >> On 02/06/2015 7:12 AM, "Emmanuel Kasper" <emman...@libera.cc> wrote: >> > >> > > The other point is that including (either) provisioner takes us >> further >> > > from the standard Debian image. >> > >> > BTW, Was is actually a standard Debian image ? >> > To the best of my knowledge, I would define it as all the packages with >> > Priority: required and important. >> > According to the Debian Jessie installation guide [1], the *standard* >> > task is also recommended. >> > >> > In server/containers environments it makes sense to restrict the list >> > of packages installed. >> > However the main aim of the Vagrant Virtualbox base boxes,are shareable >> > development environments. >> > In this kind of setup, I would expect the usual comfort of the debian >> > experience, having for instance a mail server to send stuff, >> > bash-completion or patch installed, all packages with come with the >> > standard priority. >> > >> > So I am in favor of installing this task, which will bring aptitude as a >> > side effect. >> > >> > Concerning the inclusion/removal of providers via specific boxes, why >> not. >> > >> > [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/apbs04.html.en >> > Section: Package selection >> >> Base boxes should be both provisionerless as well as stock as possible. >> >> Vagrant plugins should be used to look after installing provisioners such >> as your an ansible, puppet etc. >> >> Chef is already doing this where the bento boxes are provisionerless and >> the vagrant-omnibus plugin installs the version of Chef to your liking. >> >> > -- >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cloud-requ...@lists.debian.org >> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/556cc9f9.9020...@libera.cc >> > >> > I apologize for top posting btw. Still getting used to the new google inbox :-)
