From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>,
kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 15:06:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180529140646.GB2578@work-vm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874liycoto.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org>
* Markus Armbruster (armbru@redhat.com) wrote:
> Seriously, though: are disk images a sane way to package software?
They're not actually terrible.
You can just start a VM with them straight away, no unpacking required,
no installation time. Especially when used with something like
-snapshot.
It's also easy for the person packaging them.
Dave
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-29 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 157+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-18 15:30 [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images? Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-05-18 16:49 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-18 17:09 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-05-18 17:41 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-19 6:05 ` Markus Armbruster
2018-05-21 18:29 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-21 18:44 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-05-21 19:01 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-23 11:19 ` Markus Armbruster
2018-05-23 12:13 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-23 16:35 ` Markus Armbruster
2018-05-29 14:06 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]
2018-06-05 21:58 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-05-21 20:18 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-05-21 20:33 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-24 9:58 ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2018-05-22 7:35 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2018-05-22 10:53 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-22 14:19 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-05-22 15:02 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-22 15:14 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-23 2:12 ` Fam Zheng
2018-05-23 9:16 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-23 14:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-05-24 11:17 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-29 14:03 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-05-29 14:14 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-29 14:51 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-29 15:31 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-05-22 8:50 ` Philipp Hahn
2018-05-24 11:32 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-24 14:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-05-24 15:08 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-24 15:19 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-05-24 15:20 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-24 16:25 ` Markus Armbruster
2018-05-28 18:10 ` Max Reitz
2018-05-28 18:30 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-28 18:38 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-28 18:44 ` Max Reitz
2018-05-28 19:09 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-29 9:23 ` Max Reitz
2018-05-29 10:14 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-29 13:16 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-05-28 21:20 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-28 21:25 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-05-29 6:44 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-29 10:14 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-05 9:21 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-05 19:03 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-06-05 19:47 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-05 19:54 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " Eric Blake
2018-06-05 19:58 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-06-05 20:09 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-05 20:28 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-05 20:46 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-05 21:26 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 8:07 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 6:23 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2018-06-05 20:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 6:26 ` [Qemu-devel] " Gerd Hoffmann
2018-06-06 9:44 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 13:35 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-06-06 11:02 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 11:14 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 11:26 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 12:00 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 12:59 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 14:31 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 14:37 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-06 14:42 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 14:51 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 15:05 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 15:36 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-06 16:11 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 16:37 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-06 16:32 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-06 16:36 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-07 10:02 ` Andrea Bolognani
2018-06-07 10:22 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-07 11:17 ` Andrea Bolognani
2018-06-07 12:38 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-07 13:49 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-07 14:06 ` Andrea Bolognani
2018-06-07 14:45 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-07 14:56 ` Andrea Bolognani
2018-06-07 15:25 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-07 20:38 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2018-06-07 10:32 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-06-07 10:35 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-07 10:36 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-07 10:54 ` Andrea Bolognani
2018-06-07 19:24 ` Laszlo Ersek
2018-06-08 8:21 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-08 8:41 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-08 8:53 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-07 21:19 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-07 21:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-07 10:51 ` Andrea Bolognani
2018-06-07 19:38 ` Laszlo Ersek
2018-06-06 17:49 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 15:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 17:06 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-07 21:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-09 21:34 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-11 2:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-11 8:16 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 11:42 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-06-06 11:48 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-06 11:53 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 12:03 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 13:15 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 12:29 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-06-06 11:22 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " Peter Krempa
2018-06-06 10:32 ` [Qemu-devel] " Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 11:02 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 11:19 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 11:32 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 11:37 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 11:44 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 12:16 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 13:22 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 14:02 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 14:33 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 14:41 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-06-06 14:55 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 15:25 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 18:02 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 18:33 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 18:36 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-06-07 18:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " Kashyap Chamarthy
2018-06-06 13:42 ` [Qemu-devel] " Eduardo Habkost
2018-06-06 14:55 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 14:57 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-11 14:10 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-06-06 14:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 15:04 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 11:43 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 11:52 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 12:13 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 13:14 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 13:45 ` Michal Suchánek
2018-06-06 13:50 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-06 14:14 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-06-06 14:21 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 14:24 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2018-06-06 14:17 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-06 16:10 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-06-06 18:09 ` Max Reitz
2018-06-11 8:44 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-06-06 11:40 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2018-06-06 14:31 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 14:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-06 14:57 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-06 20:39 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-06 21:01 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2018-06-06 15:02 ` Max Reitz
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20180529140646.GB2578@work-vm \
--to=dgilbert@redhat.com \
--cc=armbru@redhat.com \
--cc=ehabkost@redhat.com \
--cc=kwolf@redhat.com \
--cc=mreitz@redhat.com \
--cc=mst@redhat.com \
--cc=qemu-block@nongnu.org \
--cc=qemu-devel@nongnu.org \
--cc=stefanha@redhat.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.