It would be nice to see IPv6 included for sure. We at Clemson are definitely wanting that.
Hopefully this wasn't mentioned before and I missed it, but is there a spot to vote on what features are important to the community? Like a survey or something for interested parties? Thanks for the great work, guys! -ChrisJ On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Josh Thompson <josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I like the idea of prioritizing items that are preventing people from using > VCL. I'll move power management and Libcloud to 2.5. I think Spice will > be > taken care of with the work needed for NAT. Having Spice makes us more > competitive with commercial VDI solutions. > > Josh > > On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:19:31 AM Andy Kurth wrote: > > I think 2.4 should include the highest-priority items which currently > > prevent some institutions/organizations from using VCL including: > > -IPv6 support > > -NAT support > > -Single network interface support > > > > Adding these makes the list for 2.4 ridiculously long. I would > > suggest moving power management, Spice, and libcloud support to later > > releases. > > > > I think any feature can be worked on in the meantime if anyone is > > interested in doing so, but completion should not prevent 2.4 from > > being released. > > > > I would also like to plan a 2.3.1 bug fix release targeted for early > > to mid August, 2012. > > > > -Andy > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Gardner <m...@vt.edu> wrote: > > > Aaron, > > > > > > At some point I would like to put IPv6 and NAPT on the list but I am > > > still working on the code. (I would prefer to follow in the footsteps > > > of the others and have something working to back it up so maybe we > > > don't want to put it on the schedule yet.) > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Aaron Peeler <fapee...@ncsu.edu> > wrote: > > >> Looks good to me. > > >> > > >> Anyone else? This is a community decision :) > > >> > > >> Aaron > > >> > > >> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Josh Thompson < > josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu> > wrote: > > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >>> Hash: SHA1 > > >>> > > >>> That ends up making the list of feature for 2.4 pretty long. How > about > > >>> splitting them up into two releases as follows: > > >>> > > >>> VCL 2.3 (this release) > > >>> * Service deployments > > >>> * Allow for additional access methods for environments (port, other > > >>> protocols, etc) > > >>> * Added framework support for libvirt and specifically for KVM > > >>> * Added support for OS X under ESX > > >>> * Added support for VMware VCenter > > >>> * Added multilingualization to frontend > > >>> > > >>> VCL 2.4 > > >>> * Power management > > >>> * Improve additional access methods > > >>> * Support for Spice remote display protocol > > >>> * Scripted installation > > >>> * Support for ESX OS for end users > > >>> * Initial support for EC2 API and OpenStack > > >>> * Initial support for Libcloud > > >>> > > >>> VCL 2.5 > > >>> * Improve cluster reservations > > >>> * Service deployment configuration management > > >>> > > >>> VCL 2.6 > > >>> * develop tools for managing both system and user storage > > >>> > > >>> The list for 2.4 is a little long, but several of the items have a > > >>> significant amount of the work already completed (largely by newer > > >>> people in the community - - yay!). > > >>> > > >>> Josh > > >>> > > >>> On Monday, May 21, 2012 4:02:11 PM Aaron Peeler wrote: > > >>>> Looks good. > > >>>> > > >>>> I would also like to see added to 2.4: > > >>>> * support for ESX OS for end users - the work that Dmitri has done > > >>>> * initial support for EC2 api, openstack, this could likely include > > >>>> the code that Cameron and Young have are working on > > >>>> * initial support for libcloud > > >>>> > > >>>> Aaron > > >>>> > > >>>> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Josh Thompson < > josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu> > > >>> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >>>> > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>> > > > >>>> > Previously, I had stated that I'd like to get a release candidate > cut > > >>>> > by > > >>>> > Wednesday of last week. We've been doing lots of testing and > finding > > >>>> > small > > >>>> > bugs here and there that have kept me from cutting the RC. As > soon > > >>>> > as we > > >>>> > stop finding bugs, I should be able to cut the RC. > > >>>> > > > >>>> > In each release, we include a road map of where we want to go with > > >>>> > the > > >>>> > next > > >>>> > few releases. The following is a starting point of what to > include. > > >>>> > Please let me know if there are any notable features that I left > off > > >>>> > of > > >>>> > 2.3. Also, let me know what you think of the future features. > > >>>> > > > >>>> > VCL 2.3 (this release) > > >>>> > * Service deployments > > >>>> > * Allow for additional access methods for environments (port, > other > > >>>> > protocols, etc) > > >>>> > * Added framework support for libvirt and specifically for KVM > > >>>> > * Added support for OS X under ESX > > >>>> > * Added support for VMware VCenter > > >>>> > * Added multilingualization to frontend > > >>>> > > > >>>> > VCL 2.4 > > >>>> > * Power management > > >>>> > * Improve cluster reservations > > >>>> > * Service deployment configuration management > > >>>> > * Support for Spice remote display protocol > > >>>> > * Scripted installation > > >>>> > > > >>>> > VCL 2.5 > > >>>> > * develop tools for managing both system and user storage > > >>>> > > > >>>> > Josh > > >>>> > - -- > > >>>> > - ------------------------------- > > >>>> > Josh Thompson > > >>>> > VCL Developer > > >>>> > North Carolina State University > > >>>> > > > >>>> > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > >>>> > > > >>>> > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business > which > > >>>> > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC > Public > > >>>> > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > >>>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >>>> > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > > >>>> > > > >>>> > iEYEARECAAYFAk+6nUgACgkQV/LQcNdtPQPexACfceYBzdJ5mqvmOTbK+PKckIig > > >>>> > IrQAnAzC3JQGSpc76uxH8eCvp6KHebo+ > > >>>> > =t8CA > > >>>> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >>> > > >>> - -- > > >>> - ------------------------------- > > >>> Josh Thompson > > >>> VCL Developer > > >>> North Carolina State University > > >>> > > >>> my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > >>> > > >>> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > > >>> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > > >>> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >>> Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > > >>> > > >>> iEYEARECAAYFAk+7lPcACgkQV/LQcNdtPQOz6gCfWvwf/ETFbxmwN6D1HdwYovDo > > >>> cZwAnjxVK8dR2q49ZNYc0oRQUQl5nQh4 > > >>> =yN0Q > > >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Aaron Peeler > > >> Program Manager > > >> Virtual Computing Lab > > >> NC State University > > >> > > >> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > > >> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > > >> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > > > > > -- > > > Mark Gardner > > > -- > - -- > - ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk+7tyMACgkQV/LQcNdtPQOSuwCfQwuH1KK5S8GgCJ2H/rnvEPBo > mjUAn38KAm27ZRROiYmzaL7rINR3BCUu > =TffM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- -Chris W. 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