From aba65bf6d0aca3cd09b8265b1bbbc9c8ed19bd86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alberto Contreras Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 18:29:30 +0100 Subject: readme: add reference to packages dir (#2001) --- README.md | 4 ++++ packages/README.md | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 87864679..10e2756f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ features or to verify bug fixes. For Ubuntu, see the [Daily PPAs](https://code.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/+archive/ubuntu/daily) For CentOS, see the [COPR build repos](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/cloud-init/cloud-init-dev/) + +## Build / packaging + +To see reference build/packaging implementations, refer to [packages](packages). diff --git a/packages/README.md b/packages/README.md index 960ca81c..ee75fa5a 100644 --- a/packages/README.md +++ b/packages/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,18 @@ Package builders under this folder are development only templates. Do not rely on them. -Downstream packaging resources: +## Build/Install + +Cloud-init's build/install procedure is not OS/Distro independent as cloud-init +is tightly couple to OS implementation details, as for example, +the init units' definitions, see [systemd/](systemd/) and [sysvinit/](sysvinit/). + +For users interested in trying out cloud-init, a pre-built image is the easiest option. + +For users interested in packaging cloud-init, see the reference implementations under this folder +and official packages in the following section. + +## Downstream packaging resources * [arch](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/cloud-init/) * [alpine](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=cloud-init) -- cgit v1.2.1