Hi Richard I agree that we could do with information on what our users are using and a message on this mailing list is the first step! :)
So I think one of the main drivers for change should be that 12.04 LTS is just about to go out of support. 14.04 LTS is no longer the latest LTS Ubuntu version. The new version, 16.04 LTS has major changes (systemd etc) which are likely to break a lot of blueprints anyway. If we are going to change default OS choices, now would be a good time to do so. Many thanks Duncan On 19 January 2017 at 15:56, Richard Downer <rich...@apache.org> wrote: > Duncan, > > Do we have any data on what our users are using? That should be our driver > for change :-) > > I am a bit concerned what effect making this change would have on existing > blueprints that don't specify an OS requirement. If a user writes such a > blueprint and makes it Ubuntu-dependent, would a default OS change suddenly > break their blueprint? Arguably the user should be explicit about their OS > requirements, but it doesn't look good if we change something fundamental > like that. > > Richard. > > > On 19 January 2017 at 15:17, Duncan Godwin <duncan.godwin@cloudsoftcorp. > com> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Should we change the default image to CentOS 7 over Ubuntu 14.04? > > > > Apache Brooklyn, by default currently favours Ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04 LTS > > images when no preference is selected. This is because of the code in > > BrooklynImageChooser here: > > > > https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/blob/ > > f4281af2e40a9d12264c566a4b65fa6549238be5/locations/jclouds/ > > src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/location/jclouds/ > > BrooklynImageChooser.java#L138-L149 > > > > Most of the blueprints in brooklyn-library seem to favour CentOS 7 and I > > think most of the Apache Brooklyn users are using and testing CentOS 7. > It > > therefore seems to me to make sense to alter BrooklynImageChooser score > to > > favour CentOS 7 based images. What does everyone think? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Duncan > > >
