On 14 February 2014 18:57, Clint Byrum <spam...@debian.org> wrote: > Excerpts from Timo Aaltonen's message of 2014-02-14 05:49:38 -0800: >> >> Hi >> >> I've put cobbler packaging to collab-maint/cobbler.git, which is based >> on the original ubuntu package but has been cleaned up for the most >> part. Some ubuntuisms still remain, and some patches need to be sent >> upstream for merging. >> >> But it doesn't have an ITP yet, since I'm not sure if it'll be useful >> for my environment in the long run. So if someone wants to pick it up >> please let me know. I'm willing to at least co-maintain it for the time >> being, but it needs a sponsor once the packaging is considered ready. >> > > I think if you've already deployed Cobbler, it might be useful to keep > it maintained. Upstream is BARELY active AFAIK. > > But there are many more modern alternatives. > > I am partial to OpenStack, which I'm working on for my paid job. > OpenStack's compute service, nova, can be configured to do basically > all the stuff Cobbler does using the baremetal driver. It is already > available in Debian (thanks zigo!) > > Also Ironic will do even more and is about to graduate to a fully > integrated project in OpenStack. > > Also Canonical was pushing Cobbler but then dropped it largely > because MaaS (Metal as a Service) exists and is a better more modern > implementation as well. > > So, if you need an API for hardware management, I think Cobbler is a > fairly poor choice at this point. >
Whilst I agree with the sentiment and the direction, I think it is unfair to suggest upstream is dead... when there are commits most days[0]. To expand on the why this was Ubuntu native and never made it into Debian until now.. this is largely because there was only ever intent to maintain a subset of the project for a small period, and there wasn't a strong volunteer to maintain the whole package in Debian. That said, it's still a perfectly cromulent project and suitable for small scale deployments.. Not sure I have complete confidence in it's security model. [0] https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commits/master -- Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cacyjiajrboe2hrn5xjt2jh8oqfgs_2lxnbgzyzggcb-8bbl...@mail.gmail.com
