[lxc-devel] add '-m | --menuconfig' functionality to lxc-create

[Stéphane Graber]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:30:15PM +0800, Sheng Yong wrote:
> Hi, all
> 
> These 4 patches create interactive interface for lxc-create. lxdialog
> and mconf are used directly from linux kernel. mconf and corresponding
> config file are installed at $datadir/lxc/scripts/.
> 
> '-m | --menuconfig' option forks a new task and executes mconf. After
> menuconfig, a default .config file is saved at the current directory.
> lxc-create reads and parses .config, then fills the lxc_arguments.
> 
> thanks,
> shyodx 

Hi,

Sorry for the long delay, it took me a while to make up my mind about this.

So long story short, we won't be including this work in LXC at this point.
The main reason for this is that this is a rather big change, which will
require ongoing maintenance (whenever a template is added or changes)
for what feels like pretty low gain, our users typically are either
happy to call lxc-create again with the needed arguments or will create
a base container and then just lxc-clone it.

It's always hard to reject a new feature especially when it's clear that
you've spent quite a bit of time working on this but I think keeping LXC
simple in that regard is the right move for now.

Nacked-by: Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>

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Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com
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