[lxc-users] future of lxc/lxd? snap?

[Richard Hector]

On 25/02/19 4:52 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 9:46 PM Richard Hector <richard at walnut.gen.nz
> <mailto:richard at walnut.gen.nz>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     I see that lxd in ubuntu cosmic and disco is a transitional package for
>     snap - I see that lxd can be used for snap packages, but they're not the
>     same thing, right?
> 
> 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-August/040455.html
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1788040
>  
> 
>     And Debian buster (even sid) still doesn't have lxd at all.
> 
> 
> They have snapd. Which you can then use to instal lxd.
>  
> 
>     Is lxd not the future of lxc after all? At least in debian-based
>     distros? Or is it expected (by ubuntu) that we only use lxc for snap
>     packages?
> 
> 
> You mean "use lxc from snap packages"?
> Read the two links above.

Ah. I see I had it all backwards.

This is unfortunate for those of us who don't really like the
snap(/flatpak/appimage/etc) model where we have to have (and keep
current) multiple copies of the same software to get around dependency
issues.

It also doesn't fit very well with the Debian stable model, if the snap
package is coming from outside Debian.

Oh well - I guess the lxc package is sticking around, right? And maybe
someone will pick up packaging lxd for Debian.

Thanks,
Richard