On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 18:35, zezinho <lists.jjo...@free.fr> wrote: > Le mercredi 25 janvier 2012 16:30:23, Romain d'Alverny a écrit : >> I'd like to discuss/plan how we can build and distribute ready to use >> VM images of Mageia 2 along with original ISOs, from our download >> pages. > > I use LiveCD for this kinds of tests. > It takes only a few seconds to install it in a VM.
This is an option, but LiveCDs do not provide a minimal system, and their intended use is more for a graphical user desktop. VMs can be used for scriptable config and deployment of test/staging/prod platforms, using shared recipes (chef, puppet, other). Providing a pre-installed, predictable minimal system is helpful in this case. I'm especially thinking about Vagrant boxes, but other images can be used for the same goals. It's not about changing/diminishing the current dev/packaging focus for Mageia 2 of course (not the same priority), it's to complement the build chain with an alternative way to use the platform in the end.