proposed universe demotion: virt-manager (or, a request for active maintenance)

[Carlos Ribeiro]

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:47, Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at canonical.com>wrote:

> So again, I'm not debating the utility of virt-manager -- I think it
> certainly is a useful tool that fits a need that you and other users
> have.
>

Good.

And I'm certainly not suggesting that we drop it from the archive, but
> rather move it from Main to Universe such that our stated support
> model actually matches the reality we have -- it's a GUI program that
> the Ubuntu Server Team doesn't maintain, and a Server-related program
> that doesn't fit the Desktop Team's current charter.
>

Perhaps we should have something like a working group focused on graphical
management tools. These tools run in graphical mode but are strongly related
with the server stuff, and are completely out of the reality of the desktop
people. Some of it may be web-based but some may run with GTK or whatever.
Also note that most commercial server products ships with a GUI - even if it
runs remotely (ex: VMWare Infrastructure comes to mind).

I believe such a group could be formed with people that run servers but
either (a) like having a GUI tool for some tasks or (b) are connected to a
organization that runs or rely on GUI tools for server management. There
must be at least a few folks outside there with the necessary knowledge and
interest in the subject to make it fly. It makes sense from a practical
standpoint because it makes easier to manage servers for people that are not
intimate with the command line, allowing them to run their servers, secure
and with a small memory footprint, BUT managing them from a GUI install at
their desks. It also sounds like a great marketing move.

Last, I believe this group should be a working group of the server group and
not of the desktop group. These tools may be included in the desktop
distribution but are "server stuff", that only runs on a desktop "by
accident" (I think you understand what I mean).

What do you think?

-- 
Carlos Ribeiro
Consultoria em Projetos
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