On 01/11/2016 13:09, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 11:55:12AM -0000, aixto...@gmail.com wrote:
Granted - the web page is from 7 years ago (now that I look more closely).
How can I help ?
netcf is in its very early stages, and can be improved in any number of ways.
The most pressing needs right now are
implementing backends for other distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.) and
operating systems (Solaris)
testing and using netcf
So, early stages is probably not correct anymore - and only including Solaris
is not very inviting to the other UNIX - still out there (AIX).
My interest: cloud-init is looking at using netcf rather than ubuntu "interfaces" (man 5
interfaces). I am working on a "distro" addin for AIX into cloud-init that will make
trunk (the current one is very old, and would never merge into truck, so rewriting from scratch
where needed and borrowing when possible)
So, will anyone pay attention if I take the time to download and try to build
netcf for AIX?
The (outdated) docs are not intended to suggest exclusivity. Reviewers
would consider patches for any other OS on merits of the patch itself.
In the case of AIX, most people don't have access to such a system, so
we'd be relying on the submitter to have done all neccessary testing,
and also to periodically test that later patches to netcf don't
accidentally cause regressions.
IOW, by all means submit patches for AIX support, or any other OS
Regards,
Daniel
OK - restart.
a) git clone ...
b) edit bootstrap to remove indented 'sed' input and remove cp of
bootstrap from gnulib
c) creating "configure" completes
d) current showstopper: readline
* I'll build and install readline; however, is it really necessary (most
applications warn that it is not present - this is actually the first
one I have come across that "requires" it. I was expecting something
that - I thought - normally runs in the background - would not REQUIRE
readline.
Is pkg-config required for run-time, or only for build/packaging?
Michael
