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libguestfs

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Package: Addition Request Priority: Wishlist State: Approved State: Needs Maintainer
Dominant language
Python
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Description

Homepage

https://libguestfs.org/

Why should this be included in the repository?

libguestfs is a set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images. You can use this for viewing and editing files inside guests, scripting changes to VMs, monitoring disk used/free statistics, creating guests, P2V, V2V, performing backups, cloning VMs, building VMs, formatting disks, resizing disks, and much more.

Are we allowed to redistribute it?

GPL-2.0-or-later

What kind of user will use this package, and how many users do you think will use this package?

Users of virt-manager to introspect VMs

Link to source archive file

https://download.libguestfs.org/1.50-stable/libguestfs-1.50.0.tar.gz

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the libguestfs homepage and the linked 1.50.0 source archive, then inspect the repository's package conventions. Done means libguestfs is packaged and available for virt-manager users to introspect virtual machines, with redistribution consistent with GPL-2.0-or-later.

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Assessment

Domain
build-system, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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