[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler "Roadmap"

[Frédéric Descamps]

On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 19:36 -0400, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> There have been a lot of good requests for cobbler/koan features (and 
> bugfixes) lately, so I thought I would share the current list as I have it.
> 
> If you have any other requests, now would be a good time to share 
> them.    This is the (basically) the same TODO file that's in source 
> control.
> 
> ====
> 
> cobbler TODO list
> now with 1-5 priority ratings
> 
> always:
> 2  -  better documentation (particularly online articles)
> 
> more new thoughts:
> 1  -  re-support repo add taking http:// urls, which will use 
> repotrack/reposync
> 
> core:
> 1 -  import over http://, ftp:// in addition to existing file and 
> rsync:// and ssh://
> 1 -  better support for import from DVD (with cleaner imported names)
> 5 -  "check" should check if services (esp httpd) are started
> 3 -  allow rsync without ssh option
> 
> user interface:
> 5 -  "cobbler add" should be distinguished from "edit" so as to not 
> overwrite
> 5 -  GTK (or Web) UI for Cobbler ?
> 5 -  have -v or --version
> 3 -  cobbler system names (indeed, everything) should be case insensitive.
> 
> virt:
> 1 -  enable more virtualization types in koan
> 4  -  (more of a koan item) LVM support
> 
> code cleanup:
> 5 -  remove the cobbler_msg logic since i18n isn't likely
> 
> ideas:
> 5 -  make the multiple-bootloader system more plugin oriented to allow
>      for alternative bootloaders (not neccessarily kickstart related)
>      to be added.  (Low priority)
> 4 -  someone suggested looking at OMAPI for DHCP management
> 
> small bugs:
> 3  - cobbler report with a random parameter produces no output
>      that should be an error... is that still the case?
> 3  - no logrotate or cleanup for /var/log/cobbler (kickstart tracking)
> 4  - cobbler import should attach "tree" to distro, not profile
> 
> ===
> 
> One other item not on this list is to move source control over to git...
> 
> If I had a number #1 thing I want to fix soon it's the DVD import use 
> case.   Setting up cobbler using a DVD image (instead of an rsync 
> mirror) deserves to be really really easy, so I will probably tackle 
> that for the next release.
> 
> --Michael
> 
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I'd like if possible to add my "request" from Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:45
+0100 into the roadmap too :

- the possibility to install on one or more LVM logical volumes instead
of xvda.

Thank you to take this in consideration.

Fred.