[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#754355: virt-manager: add option for not starting a newly created VM immediately

[Thorsten Glaser]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 0.9.5-1
Severity: normal

Hi *,

I normally do *not* want to start a newly created VM immediately.
I cannot use the “Customise configuration before install” since
that’s ultra-slow on remote sessions, and because this is before
all discs, NIC, etc. have been assigned types (VirtIO instead of
default, for example) and slots.

My only way out is to start it and immediately force a power-off.
But with recent systems being so fast, this sometimes hits user
space before I can do so.

Please allow an option for a VM to not be started, just created.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/lksh

Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2             3.2.6-2
ii  librsvg2-common    2.40.2-1
ii  python             2.7.6-2
ii  python-dbus        1.2.0-2+b3
ii  python-glade2      2.24.0-3+b1
ii  python-gnome2      2.28.1+dfsg-1
ii  python-gtk-vnc     0.5.3-1
ii  python-gtk2        2.24.0-3+b1
ii  python-ipy         1:0.81-1
ii  python-libvirt     1.2.1-2
ii  python-support     1.0.15
ii  python-urlgrabber  3.9.1-4
ii  python-vte         1:0.28.2-5
ii  virtinst           0.600.4-3

Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
pn  gnome-icon-theme         <none>
ii  libvirt-bin              1.2.4-3
ii  python-spice-client-gtk  0.25-1

Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
pn  gnome-keyring             <none>
ii  kwalletcli [ssh-askpass]  2.12-2
pn  python-gnomekeyring       <none>
pn  python-guestfs            <none>
ii  virt-viewer               0.6.0-1

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