[Bug 1923590] Re: Telco Customer needs Minimal ISO with customizable set and versions of packages

[Steve Langasek]

I'm sorry, but as far as I can see, this is invalid for any package in
the Ubuntu archive.

- you are asking for an image containing a customized set of packages for a particular customer.  The details of that customization don't belong in the Ubuntu archive.
- this would almost certainly need to be SRUed back to one of the stable LTS releases, which doesn't fit our SRU policy.

> Customer also wishes the ability to customize which packages and what specific
> versions of those packages to be contained by the ISO

It's fine to want a static base from which to consistently install, but
an ISO is that.  Picking and choosing specific versions of packages from
the archive as INPUT into the ISO, as opposed to taking the most recent
version of packages at the time the ISO is built, would simply enable
bad practices (omitting security updates) and lure users into not
feeding back into Ubuntu information about SRU regressions that should
be addressed for all users, not on a per-customer basis.

I understand there may be a customer need here, but that should be
addressed directly with the customer, not in the Ubuntu archive.

** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Telco Customer needs Minimal ISO  with customizable set and versions
  of packages

Status in netplan:
  Invalid
Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Minimal ISO requested by one the Telco customers, with as little content as possible that is sufficient for their storage solution purposes.
  Customer's storage solution for their Cloud Platform is based on Dell EMC ScaleIO Software Storage
  Customer needs only a minimal set of packages installable through the ISO in order to be able to run their Dell ScaleIO Software Storage
  Customer also wishes the ability to customize which packages and what specific versions of those packages to be contained by the ISO
  Customer needs to install the ISO in an offline environment (no internet connection), so all the packages and dependencies must be contained in the ISO
  This is a Telco customer, hence the need for the ability of offline installation

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