[vbox-dev] Proposed patch: add OS type ALTLinux

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Hi Denis,

On 07.04.2016 16:17, Denis Medvedev wrote:
> Dear sirs,
>
> I would like to propose a patch that adds OS type ALTLinux for
> VirtualBox 5.
> We need it to make ALTLinux type virtual machines run on  VirtualBox that
>   is used on other platforms.

Is there a true need for technical reasons, or is this only about having 
an icon and a guest OS type?

The problem with the contribution (besides the missing PNG files) is the 
following: the current VM settings handling is not prepared for adding 
guest OS types, which is why we handle them extremely restrictively. 
Your change (unintentionally) would only add to the legacy problem.

We want to change the guest OS type definition fundamentally, but 
haven't found time to kick off the project.

Klaus

> Denis Medvedev, ALT Linux team.
> nbr at altlinux.org