Re: Importing VMs from Aqemu (and perhaps Virtualbox)

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

Hi,

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 6:06 PM, me <helloworld openmailbox org> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:47:28 +0000
> "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org> wrote:
>
>
> > Images are not the same as VMs so it would be very wrong for libvirt
> > to use the images, especially automatically. A VM consists also of
> > metadata, e.g CPU configuration, RAM, etc
>
>
> Gotcha. Aqemu had a feature where I could import an existing image off an external drive and then reset the 
> metadata.

Ah, we kinda allow you half of that.

> > I must admit that mass import of images isn't something that we have
> > thought of.
>
> Maybe I'm just a weird user. ;)
>
> Maybe Boxes can allow you to specify a directory to
> > import from. Would that help?
>
> That would make migration from Aqemu seamless, since all the images are stored in a single directory in 
> Home.
>
> If so, please do file a bug about that.
>
> I wouldn't exactly call it a bug so much as something on my personal wishlist that may or may not be of 
> interest to other users.

A bug in bugzilla doesn't have to be a a bug per say. :) We track
feature development through bugzilla all the time.

> Thank you for your prompt reply. I am enjoying Boxes immensely and would like to help the project in any 
> way I can, which would probably be testing right now since I don't code.

Cool, all contributions welcome!

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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