Packaging AWS command line tools for Natty

[Clint Byrum]

On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Eric Hammond wrote:

> I have provided a bit more detail and some relevant links on the 
> NattyIdeaPool page [1] for the request to have Ubuntu packages for the 
> rest of the AWS command line tools including:
> 
>   Cloud Watch
>   Auto Scaling
>   Elastic Load Balancing
>   Relational Database Service
>   Identity and Access Management
> 
> Ubuntu already provides packages for
> 
>   ec2-api-tools
>   ec2-ami-tools
> 
> I believe one of the primary purposes of a Linux distribution is to 
> package software and make it easy to install.
> 
> In order to keep Ubuntu as the best distribution to use with cloud 
> computing, filling out the AWS software packages seems like an important 
> task even if it isn't as attractive or fun as some of the other software 
> development ideas on the list.
> 
> What are the next steps to get this project into the list of things that 
> will be discussed at UDS and approved for Natty?
> 

Eric, you can either add this to the whiteboard on an existing,
related blueprint, such as:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/cloud-server-n-cloud-images

Or register a new one, and choose the uds-n sprint.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addspec

If you're not going to be at UDS-N, you may want to contact somebody
who will be to register the blueprint and lead the session.

Time is short for registering new blueprints, so do hurry if you are
choosing that option!