On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:34:22PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
When I actually started investigating how to do this, I realized it
is
fearsomely complicated because basically every guest type has its own
method to do this, and they even change frequently between versions
(eg. gconf -> dconf, GNOME vs KDE etc). Since the --firstboot
parameter effectively gives this capability to system administrators
(albeit they need to work out how to do it themselves), I think it may
be a good idea to invest the time making sure --firstboot is
bullet-proof, and *not* implement specific customizations like this.
The contrary argument being that we ought to do the hard work on
behalf of system administrators, in case that wasn't clear.
Rich.
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