[jira] [Resolved] (JCLOUDS-758) Drop virtualbox labs provider

["Adrian Cole (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-758?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Adrian Cole resolved JCLOUDS-758.
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    Resolution: Fixed

> Drop virtualbox labs provider
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>                 Key: JCLOUDS-758
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-758
>             Project: jclouds
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: jclouds-labs
>            Reporter: Adrian Cole
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.8.2
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> Virtualbox support has been in experimentation mode for over 2.5 years. Working directly with a hypervisor adds extra responsibility, such as both orchestrating processes and also api calls. Moreover environment setup can be extremely brittle.
> This provider has had a lot of work from folks including [~andreaturli], [~dr-alves], mattias, and myself. However, we cannot deny that it has failed to progress and labs was never intended as a permanent location.
> I recommend we remove the virtualbox provider, but thank the authors for their valiant efforts.



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