[Merge] livecd-rootfs:default-compat into livecd-rootfs:ubuntu/master

[Thomas Bechtold]

> The things I want to check before giving this a +1:
> 
> Oracle we provide a qcow. ensure that Oracle hosts have compatibility for 1.1
> 
> IBM Guest we provide a qcow. ensure IBM NextGen VPC hosts have compatibility
> for 1.1
> 
> we also use this for our downloads .img and kvm based images. We don't specify
> what host / HV to use with them. That being said, I think it's generally safe
> to assume that if Xenial has a qemu new enough that other major hosts would be
> fine.
> 
> I'll send off emails and questions right now

- This is currently for Kinetic. Do Oracle or IBM care about Kinetic?
- I think the format change is something we need to mention in the Kinetic release notes

Do we plan to SRU this?

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