Hi all, >I'd still like to know what the plans are for the VirtualBox package in >Debian. I can backport the version in sid to stretch by building it myself, >but at some >point, this process may break if maintenance of the package is >dropped.
I started a discussion on -backports mail list some days before your email https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2016/12/msg00042.html Please forward the discussion there, since this seems to be a backport-specific issue :) G. On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA512 > >On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 21:59 -0800, Gordon Farquharson wrote: >> 3. Do you recommend migrating existing VirtualBox images to KVM? > >Migration should be doable. I'm not sure if there are any issues in migration, >but you may give it a shot. > > >Should you migrate, it may depend on what your core requirements are. > >VirtualBox has a much nicer UI integrating all features, very well, into its >Graphical interface. > > >On the other hand, KVM is the stock in-kernel hypervisor for Linux, which has a >much larger userbase (Oepnstack, RHEV etc) and gets much more testing. > > >In the past, I've migrated my setups from both ways. Initially, from KMV to >VBox, and then later again from VBox to KVM. > >VM disk image conversion was fairly stable. I had no issues during image >conversion. > >For config settings, I just noted down the settings and applied the same when >importing it to the other hypervisor. For a large number of VMs, this may not >be >optimal. > > >- -- >Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs >Debian - The Universal Operating System >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEQCVDstmIVAB/ Yn02pjpYo/ LhdWkFAlhPt4QACgkQpjpYo/Lh >dWlkKhAAiESUsGuNWhMgqet1QlDPdp C9VBysXuZOm/5JqvdDAPf41cy+ KDzCWS4w >xfdaB7XOw2JShsmYAByf7j/W+o/ oiaRRN/ GgSy07I3tMzbaiFCjKU4Vd5yszhE91 >Zb3eNMQZw7x7J0qCSNO0zzOJBvSX4Q QaxXm9NfphAEQ+ i22q9hWYwCTkzGdjmXqJ >uNYF44HYIOA+ 1DKp0KeXqs7J9CaLqV/t4SVxA/ kBvtQ7ET1iVsjomPPz/6bBBZ/s >8j5PTrDgt0gXSXRjGFb/ Rr7argXIsJMC9BPr/ pYgF4buLkKpL9IRuCEzxAEo4r1c >IBNen1BiVps1qgZmdv967B4jMhyFhJ JnJCeHznLchDodMbK2f2Dqnlnz8hwq Tmeu >e+B/oEFh8mrFsV/ gqngl4gg8HTiCXI680wdkCs2hLxTAB zPaUKFockKaCO4BLZkr >NkH/ fq6gb6UFFoM42e00qQrK6qzO5IaM1A FrFAiQ+RXE8lSTzKiO7Ot2Em00mLSG >7cdf6wU0TyfWirvP1P76rCQ/ ToQdqdBX9TBtQZ9m+ p1iraT8Ybz79ZljqpNp/yEX >DaE0ugqoaxlhquESXp6QWhdHWKFhAn MlEmGsI106Iqnuqj7ksV1dhyFpsoVO aHUC >NA2Sl5kHnPHStOciKySM+mIe8J3O+ rnEzwsxvkC/eOYL85k7uro= >=+9mB >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Gordon Farquharson GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676
