Hi, virt-manager, while being perhaps the only decent GUI for managing KVM/Xen/QEMU guests in Ubuntu, is largely unmaintained. Bugs pile up that we do very little about. * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager * 113 bugs, 70+ untriaged
This is primarily due to the nature of virt-manager... It's *really* a graphical desktop application (python-gtk), but mostly falls under the domain of the Ubuntu Server Team, which does not deal with graphical applications, and thus virt-manager does not get the attention it deserves. The Server Team does actively maintain the non-GUI guts of virt-manager (that being libvirt and qemu-kvm), as well as other numerous non-graphical tools for managing virtual machines (virsh, UEC, euca2ools, vmbuilder, etc.). I propose that either: a) the Ubuntu Desktop Team provides active maintenance of virt-manager, or b) virt-manager is demoted to Universe for Lucid. As noted on each of these proposed demotions, this doesn't mean virt-manager would leave the archive. Merely that it's an apt-get install from Universe away (which is actually already the case -- virt-manager is currently only seeded on the Ubuntu DVD). I would much prefer (a), however, if (a) cannot happen, I think (b) is the most appropriate action, as without a more active maintainer of the project. Placement in Universe would more accurately reflect the support model virt-manager has endured for the last ~2 years, and possibly even invigorate more support, with all of MOTU having privileges to fix bugs. /me dons his firefighting gear, in advance of the oncoming flames... Thanks, :-Dustin -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
