Hi Ben, On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 06:56:38PM -0000, Ben Howard wrote: > After considering the robust discussion, I would like to propose that > we move forward with this change via Cloud-init with some sane > defaults (i.e. it is _NOT_ running in a container and memory is > greater than 2GB of RAM). > > Given that Xenial is in Alpha, now is the time to make this change. > The reality is that without actually making the change we can't and > won't be able to fully scope the impact. > > So with that, I think that having Cloud-init configure /tmp as tmpfs, > while giving the user the ability to change it, is a sane path > forward. In the event that we have serious or unintended consequences, > we can revert pre-release or even via an SRU if necessary.
I think it's quite clear that: 1) Ubuntu developers have not yet reached consensus on this (based on the ubuntu-devel thread). 2) Some use cases *will* be impacted by this change (that is not to say that we shouldn't do it, but I think we do need to consider the plight of these use cases). Given the time constraints, I suggest that we ask the tech board to make a quick decision on this. Without consensus, my understanding of the code of conduct says that this is what we should do. Who will drive this? I'd also ask that, before making the change, we have decent instructions for 1) impacted users, for the non-default case; and 2) impacted upstreams, so they know what they should do for the default case where they know that a tmpfs /tmp won't do. Who can commit to figuring the details out here? I propose that there are only really two options to choose from technically in terms of actually making the change: 1) Make the option available but non-default on cloud images. 2) Make the option available and default on cloud images (so opt-out). Any more? I presume any option would be via cloud-init userdata? Robie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1533639 Title: [ubuntu-cpc] please make /tmp a tmpfs in RAM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/livecd-rootfs/+bug/1533639/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
