On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 02:29:19PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
I think having metadata is a good idea. At the very least it allows you to have a tool where you can list available images, their sizes, locations and notes. The virt-builder index ties in with libosinfo as well, allowing a tool to download cloud images, consult the libosinfo database, and present the guests with the right amount of RAM, correct virtual devices and so on.
One thing I should add: I'm not fussed about the specific format currently used by virt-builder for the index. However whatever format is used would need to contain at least the same information as the virt-builder index, and be signed.
http://libguestfs.org/virt-builder.1.html#creating-and-signing-the-index-fil...
Rich.