From ec9df7daaacb3a50c54d7bb2ef52239c80facbdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcus=20Sch=C3=A4fer?= Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:21:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update dropped feature list Legacy kiwi's oem recovery feature will not be ported due to technologes like ReaR, snapper, btrfs and due to the container, cloud and public cloud orientation of OS images --- doc/source/overview/legacy_kiwi.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/source/overview/legacy_kiwi.rst b/doc/source/overview/legacy_kiwi.rst index dad584c7..d823b090 100644 --- a/doc/source/overview/legacy_kiwi.rst +++ b/doc/source/overview/legacy_kiwi.rst @@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ consider to use the legacy KIWI version. Many distributions also dropped the lxc tools from the distribution in favour of docker. +* OEM Recovery/Restore + + Recovery/Restore in the world of images has been moved from the OS + layer into higher layers. For example in Cloud and Public Cloud + environments disk and image recovery as well as backup strategies + are part of cloud services. Pure OS recovery and snapshots for consumer + machines are developed as build in solutions of the distribution. + SUSE as an example provides this via ReaR (Relax-and-Recover) and + snapshot based filesystems (btrfs+snapper). Therefore the recovery + solution offered in the legacy KIWI version will not be continued. + Compatibility -------------