[Baypiggies] Glen's talk on Virtualization

[Marc Abramowitz]

Speaking of boto, it's actually the too entry on the Python 3 Wall of Shame. Very widely used library. No good Python 3 support yet. There are some efforts underway to remedy this which might be if interest to those looking for a project to hack on that will help advance Python 3:

- https://github.com/boto/boto/issues/1127
- https://github.com/boto/boto/pull/1156

The latter is a PR to try to make boto.ec2 work on Python 3. The tests pass but I haven't actually tried to use it, as my new job doesn't use EC2. 
It would be useful if someone who uses EC2 regularly could give it a spin (Glen? ;-))

This could be fun to sprint on, at PyCon or elsewhere, like the BayPiggies sprint that Chad sugested at the last meeting. 

-Marc
http://marc-abramowitz.com
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On Dec 4, 2012, at 7:02 AM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:

> Lyle Ryan,
> 
>     I think this subject is pretty large and I have a habit of trying to squeeze way too much into an hour (and I gab too quickly and too much). As this is being organized a bit better and I have a more realistic understanding of what I'll be able to provide, I don't think we can do the vmware related parts for this talk.
> 
>      However, I work on a team that has two products. And one of their products is actually a complete python product that has an engine that interfaces with/creates KVM, Xen, instances amont many other things. That product also interfaces with VMWare. This won't be part of the talk. It was clear as this started gelling that I needed to focus on Python specifically and there's a lot of that.
> 
>       So, here's the new game plan:
> 
> 1) Hit a survey of all of the main concepts of virtualization. This is a general background and is not Python specific
> 2) Specifically introduce/review in more depth two Python "products":
>      - virtualenv
>      - Reviewing EC2/Using Boto to create an EC2 instance
> 
> I will mention, on a closing slide or two the company that I work for and the product that I'm talking about (touching on the VMWare piece -- but barely touching).
> 
> I think this is all we can do within the time frame and that may be pushing it as well. However, if this is true, then we can make new talks on other topics of peoples interest down the road.
> 
> Hopefully this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Glen
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Ryan, Lyle <lyle.ryan at cubic.com> wrote:
>> ation sounds great.  Can you include any areas where Python crosses-over with VMware (a large part of my job)?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks…Lyle Ryan
>> 
> 
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