Hi Michael, On 02/12/15 09:01, Michael Thayer wrote:
I was wondering whether the topic of how the VirtualBox guest tools are packaged by distributions would be a reasonable subject for a lightning talk, assuming you still have space for one? So far I haven't got my act together to submit one (too busy developing), but I might still do. I would like to keep it short, as I am more interested in listening and conversing than telling people things (and I must admit in getting a bit more contact with the people involved). The basic tenor would be: so far we have tried to keep our guest tools out of distributions, as we like to be able to upgrade them on distribution versions which are no longer well maintained, but distributions are keen to provide them in versions which are maintained.
sounds like a great subject, if you can - it would be great to get a lowdown on the licensing model and how that impacts some of these packaging / delivery models as well. one of the key areas for the distro devroom is upstream engagement, and this fits right in there very nicely. Regards,