The vmx type is auto converted into an oem type with rootfs
resize disabled such that all disk images can be handled
under one disk type. However people who run kiwi on the
commandline and have selected --type vmx before now end
with an error message saying that there is no vmx type
because it was converted into an oem type. To handle this
more gracefully this commit changes the commandline
option --type vmx into --type oem if provided and prints
a warning message.
Set kiwi.tasks to be the plugin entry point and register
existing task plugins in setup.py. Change the code in
cli.py to auto register plugins using the iter_entry_points
method from the pkg_resources class. This allows for easier
writing of external kiwi plugins.
The kiwi binary from the entry_point configuration is
kiwi-ng. The docopt strings should use this name for
consistency. The alternative binary name kiwi is just
a symlink created on the rpm packaging level and is
not guaranteed to exist depending on how kiwi was
installed
Python2 is announced to be unmaintained from Jan 2020.
KIWI supports Python 2.7 and it should not support any python version that
is not maintained upstream. This Fixes#1036
In addition to the 'kiwi --compat -- ...' style we also support calling
the kiwi compat mode as a service via 'kiwi compat ...' The preferred
way of calling kiwi with legacy options is via the new compat service.
Thus the documentation also changed to no longer mention the --compat
option but it still exists for compatibility reasons. Fixes#407
The --compat call will trigger the call of the kiwicompat
tool written to support legacy kiwi commandlines. An example
could look like the following call:
sudo kiwi --compat -- --build /my/description --type vmx -d /my/dest
Please be aware the -- is required to tell docopt to treat all
options as parameters
