[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#874039: Bug#874039: Package description is very old and insufficient

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 11:12:38AM +0000, Amr Ibrahim wrote:
> Package: virt-manager
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The package description of virt-manager is very old. It does not say 
> anything about libvirt, qemu or LXC. It even mentions that the GUI is 
> experimental, which is not the case any more.
> 
> I suggest changing it to:
> 
> 1- From the Github page:
> 
> Virtual Machine Manager
> 
> This application provides a graphical tool for managing virtual machines 
> via the libvirt library.
> 
> The front-end of the application uses the GTK / Glade libraries for all 
> user interaction components. The back-end uses libvirt for managing 
> QEMU/KVM and Xen virtual machines, as well as LXC containers. The UI is 
> primarily tested with KVM, but is intended to be reasonably portable to 
> any virtualization back-end libvirt supports.
> 
> Several command line tools are also provided:
> 
> virt-install: Create new libvirt virtual machines
> virt-clone: Duplicate existing libvirt virtual machines
> virt-xml: Edit existing libvirt virtual machines/manipulate libvirt XML
> virt-convert: Convert VMX or OVF configs to libvirt virtual machines
> 
> OR,
> 2- From the homepage:
> 
> The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing 
> virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also 
> manages Xen and LXC (linux containers). It presents a summary view of 
> running domains, their live performance & resource utilization 
> statistics. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and 
> configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual 
> hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer presents a full 
> graphical console to the guest domain.
> 
> About virt-manager’s supporting tools:
> 
> virt-install is a command line tool which provides an easy way to 
> provision operating systems into virtual machines.
> 
> virt-clone is a command line tool for cloning existing inactive guests. 
> It copies the disk images, and defines a config with new name, UUID and 
> MAC address pointing to the copied disks.
> 
> virt-xml is a command line tool for easily editing libvirt domain XML 
> using virt-install’s command line options.
> 
> virt-convert is a command line tool for converting OVF and VMX VM 
> configurations to run with libvirt.

The package description can indeed use a remake but I currently don't
see how mentioning GTK / Glade etc improves on the current. Can you send
patches against debian/control to show your intend?
Cheers,
 -- Guido