After a discussion to untangle this confusion I feel better focused - we both had somewhat mis-understandable comments which didn't make it any better :-) Thanks rbasak to help me clarifying this!
-- Details -- According to popcon [1] (to somewhat guess usage) we look at ~0.27% of the installations actually having the meta package "ubuntu-virt-server" installed. ubuntu-virt-mgmt is about half of that and the over-arching ubuntu-virt is even fewer. There is one seed (and an assocated tasksel) as one can see in reverse dependencies [2]. The "Virt-Host" seed [3] is inconsistent - it does not "just" depend on ubuntu-virt or any of its subsets. Instead if depends on ubuntu-virt-server, but then also explicitly libvirt-bin, openssh and various per arch qemu's. Also these days there is no singular "Ubuntu virtualization stack" anymore. These days virt-stacks are mostly defined by their management interfaces. If one wants containers he picks LXD. If he is going openstack he will go that route and so on. Therfore I challenge if it is still important to have a "ubuntu-virt" meta package? For the tasksel it might makes sense to exist, but even then it should be done via the seed directly. --- Proposal: A - drop ubuntu-virt* meta pkg in Artful: A1. change the virt-host seed to directly on correct binary packages A2. drop the source package ubuntu-virt in artful (and thereby the meta packages ubuntu-virt, ubuntu-virt-mgmt, ubuntu-virt-server) Alternative: B - keep ubuntu-virt* meta pkg, but restructure it's source in >=Artful: B1. Add seeds for ubuntu-virt-* as we decided we really need them B2. make the creation of the ubuntu-virt-* meta packages part of ubuntu-meta B3. drop the direct redundant dependencies from virt-host seed B4. drop the source package ubuntu-virt in artful I outlined B right away in case A can't be accepted to quickly get to something actionable. [1]: http://popcon.ubuntu.com/by_inst [2]: http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/germinate-output/ubuntu.artful/rdepends/ubuntu-virt/ubuntu-virt-server [3]: http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/seeds/ubuntu.artful/virt-host -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540323 Title: ubuntu-virt is not generated from seeds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-virt/+bug/1540323/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
