#565968 Should support debian sid

Package:
virtinst
Source:
virt-manager
Submitter:
Laurent Bigonville
Date:
2020-11-30 08:33:02 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#565968#5
Date:
2010-01-20 08:58:33 UTC
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Hi,

I think it could be interesting to add debian sid in the list of
supported distribution

Regards

Laurent Bigonville
#565968#10
Date:
2010-01-20 10:02:15 UTC
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tag 565968 +wontfix
Thanks,

Hi Laurent,
Thanks for your report.
The distribution defines what we can assume is supported by the guest
(like e.g. vitio for network devices). Since "Sid" isn't a release we
can't make any assumptions. That's why we have Debian Squeeze in there
but not Unstable/Sid. The releasename "Sid" never changes but it's
features always change so having "Sid" in the list will only confuse
users.
Cheers,
 -- Guido
#565968#17
Date:
2020-11-30 08:28:32 UTC
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In data mercoledì 20 gennaio 2010 11:02:15 CET, Guido Günther ha scritto:
(and thus virt-install too) knows about, added a "debiantesting" OS
some years ago with commit 9440d0a82a0eb9a80b66ca2b420c805f8ffe6234 [1].
It is available in Debian since version 0.20160728+git20161020-1.
IMHO testing and unstable are generally close enough w.r.t features
supported, so using "debiantesting" as ID for Debian unstable VMs
should be good enough. It will not allow to directly install unstable
though.

[1] https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/osinfo-db/-/commit/9440d0a82a0eb9a80b66ca2b420c805f8ffe6234