Why CentOS removed Xen Project?

[hack3rcon]

I really doubt if that would happen.

Because of KVM?

[TrevorH]

The only way a new CentOS media iso would be created would be as part of one of the SIGs. These need approval from the CentOS board before they get created and need sufficient support from community members to survive long term (i.e. one person is not a SIG). Even then it's not something that's ever been done before - all CentOS media images are created by the core team and contain only CentOS supplied packages.

[hack3rcon]

The only way a new CentOS media iso would be created would be as part of one of the SIGs. These need approval from the CentOS board before they get created and need sufficient support from community members to survive long term (i.e. one person is not a SIG). Even then it's not something that's ever been done before - all CentOS media images are created by the core team and contain only CentOS supplied packages.

How can I ask the core team?

[Boyd.ako]

How can I ask the core team?

With all due respect... You just sound lazy.

It's not that you "can't" install Xen. It sounds more like you expect a push button spoon fed install. This very similarly sounds like the infamous argument about RPM vs DEB use arguments awaiting for some Gentoo dude to swing in and say installing from source is better and more secure.

You wan't a fast and easy install? Script the install of Xen. Want to do it all the time automatically? Add that script to the "%POST" section of a kickstart config.

Why was it removed to begin with? I'm inclined to say it's due to disk image size restraints on UDF and ISO9660. So someone had to choose between KVM or Xen. Which pretty much does the same thing in different ways. Why KVM? So that the developers and maintainers of the distro is bugged less by people that expect a "push button" solution because they can't handle the more technical hackery of using Xen.

But as your preference for Xen and username imply, I'm sure scripting up a Xen install wouldn't be a big issue. In fact, be Open Source about it and put it up on GITHUB!

[Whoever]

If the objective is to install a machine to host VMs using Xen, then perhaps the best solution is to find another distribution that is more friendly towards Xen?