So there are obvious issues with LXC as a container solution for Linux, such as lacking actual containment (for the root user), which defeat sits purpose in production environments as a linux-vserver or OpenVZ replacement.
However, a low profile container/virtualization solution is needed, and I know there is quite some demand for it: both some larger scale organisations and several smaller/non-profit organisations I am acquainted with use either OpenVZ or linux-vserver and some of them will be in trouble if there is no equivalent and not at least a rough migration path. I can very much understand the kernel maintainers' wish to get rid of apparent legacy patchsets, and (from this perspective) it is somewhat frustrating that linux-vserver / openvz never made it into Linux proper. Surely lxc seemed like a more suitable design for 3.0+, but where it stands now is not different enough to where it stood some years ago to make it a usable replacement now, or to allow for high hopes that it will be a good vserver replacement when wheezy turns stable. Right now, (not just) my hopes are that linux-vserver + openvz (or at least one of them) will continue to be available in wheezy for as long as no other comparable options are available. And that more comparable options with a modern design AND sufficient feature set will become available. Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20120201t201629-...@post.gmane.org