[virt-tools-list] [PATCH libosinfo] Add a 'distro' property for OS objects

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) zeeshanak at gnome.org
Mon Mar 12 21:58:57 UTC 2012


On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
>
> The OS 'family' property is used to refer to the kernel type of
> the OS. The new 'distro' property refers to the grouping of OS
> by a particular vendor. For example all Linux distros have a
> family of 'Linux', but their own distinct 'distro' value (Fedora,
> Ubuntu, etc). Debian is even more fun having alternate releases
> which use a Hurd of FreeBSD kernel, these variants will each have
> the 'hurd' or 'freebsd' family, with a common 'debian' distro.

ACK for the code part of this and general change but seems the only OS
xml file you edited was the one with no distro?

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Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124




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