On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 08:57:47PM -0800, Garrett Holmstrom wrote:
Is it best to produce one image and scripts for post-processing it into the appropriate formats, or to simply produce them all?
Unless the various formats are fundamentally different, if we're looking for portability then I'd be inclined to teach people how to package a common format like a raw filesystem image into something cloud-specific, then publish the common format. If there's enough space/time/demand then it could also be worth publishing multiple formats to make things more convenient.
So, from the earlier conversation:
qcow2 because we can make a < 700MB image which can go uncompressed into the mirror system, ready to use.
raw (compressed) because it's a handy generic format people can easily work with.