[Ovirt-devel] RFC: ovirt-node ISO

[Andrew Cathrow]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Perry Myers" <pmyers at redhat.com>
> To: "Mike Burns" <mburns at redhat.com>
> Cc: ovirt-devel at redhat.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:45:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ovirt-devel] RFC: ovirt-node ISO
> On 08/03/2011 06:04 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
> > As we prepare to push ovirt-node ISOs to ovirt.org while also
> > working on
> > getting an ovirt-node spin into Fedora, there is some debate over
> > whether the version hosted on ovirt.org should use the minimizer
> > kickstart or not.
> >
> > Main argument for including the minimizer kickstart:
> >
> > Size. We're currently looking at something around 130MB for the ISO
> > with minimizer and probably around double that without it (I don't
> > have
> > one built currently without the minimizer so I don't have the actual
> > size).
> >
> > Main argument for not using the minimizer:
> >
> > Consistently with the fedora spin. We can't use the minimizer in the
> > Fedora spins, so providing an ISO that matches the fedora spin would
> > be
> > the same.
> >
> > Any votes or preferences on which we want to host?
> 
> I vote for keeping blacklisting enabled in ovirt.org ISO for two
> reasons:
> 
> 1. I'd like to push Fedora to change this policy over time. But first
> we just need to get the node into Fedora w/o blacklisting...
> 2. The RHEVH product uses blacklisting and I would rather that
> blacklist only be enabled in the product since that reduces our
> chances of catching errors elsewhere

Also the reduced footprint/attack surface is a significant driver for users to deploy oVirt node -vs- Linux distro and blacklisting is an important part of that.

> 
> Perry
> 
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