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@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ via the libvirt library.
The front end of the application uses the PyGTK / Glade libraries for The front end of the application uses the PyGTK / Glade libraries for
all user interaction components. The back end uses libvirt for managing all user interaction components. The back end uses libvirt for managing
Xen, QEMU & KVM virtual machines. The UI is primarily tested with Xen Xen, QEMU & KVM virtual machines. The UI is primarily tested with Xen
and QEMU, but is intended to be portable to any virtualization backend and QEMU, but is intended to be portable to any virtualization backend
libvirt supports. So when libvirt is ported to UML / VmWare / etc the libvirt supports. So when libvirt is ported to UML / VmWare / etc the
UI should not require any significant changes to deal with these drivers. UI should not require any significant changes to deal with these drivers.
Terminology Terminology
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Pre-requisite software
Where versions are noted below these are the versions tested to definitely Where versions are noted below these are the versions tested to definitely
work. For some of them you may be able to run with earlier releases, so work. For some of them you may be able to run with earlier releases, so
please report any success to the mailing lists please report any success to the mailing lists
python >= 2.4 python >= 2.4
pygtk2 >= 1.99.12-6 pygtk2 >= 1.99.12-6
@ -45,10 +45,20 @@ http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virtinst--devel
Contact Contact
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All comments / suggestions / patches should be directed to the fedora-xen All comments / suggestions / patches should be directed to the et-mgmt-tools
mailing list: mailing list:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
Bugs should be reported at bugzilla.redhat.com, against the 'virt-manager'
component.
If you built from source, use Product: 'Virtualization Tools'.
If you are using a package provided by Fedora, use Product: 'Fedora'.
If you are using another distros package, either file a bug with them,
or use the 'Virtualization Tools' product as above.
There are further project details on the website: There are further project details on the website:
@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ Patches should be submitted either as unified diffs:
tar zxvf virt-manager-X.Y.Z.tar.gz tar zxvf virt-manager-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
cp -a virt-manager-X.Y.Z virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature cp -a virt-manager-X.Y.Z virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature
cd virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature cd virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature
... make some changes .. ... make some changes ..
cd .. cd ..
diff -ruN virt-manager-X.Y.Z virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature \ diff -ruN virt-manager-X.Y.Z virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature \
> myfeature.patch > myfeature.patch
@ -73,11 +83,10 @@ the main source repository:
hg clone http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel hg clone http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel
cd virt-manager--devel cd virt-manager--devel
... make some changes & commit them locally... ... make some changes & commit them locally...
hg bundle myfeature.hg http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel hg export -r my_feature_revision > my_feature.patch
Then mail the 'myfeature.hg' file to fedora-xen list. This approach is Then mail the 'myfeature.patch' file to et-mgmt-tools list, with [PATCH]
preferred to plain patches, because the Mercurial bundle preserves all and a brief description in the subject.
your local commit messages & history.
Related software Related software
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@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ Related software
Links which are relevant: Links which are relevant:
http://libvirt.org http://libvirt.org
http://www.linux-kvm.org
http://xensource.com/xen/ http://xensource.com/xen/
http://pygtk.org/ http://pygtk.org/
http://gtk.org/ http://gtk.org/