cloud-images build has hard coded 'update-notifier-common'

[Scott Moser]

The 'build-lb-ec2-image' [1] code in automated-ec2-build has the following line:
  [ "${suite}" \< "precise" ] || cloud_pkgs="${cloud_pkgs} update-notifier-common"

This should be handled by a seed. If we want the update-notifier-common as part of the images, it needs to be added to cloud-image seed at [2]

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-on-ec2/vmbuilder/automated-ec2-builds/view/head:/build-lb-ec2-image
[2] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntu.precise/view/head:/cloud-image

On another less pressing note, i'd like to see the case statement that gets 'ubuntu-desktop' or 'ubuntu-server' task installed removed, and replaced with something like was done in vmbuilder, where the config files specified packages to be added like:
 vmb_addargs=( "--addpkg=ubuntu-desktop^" )

clearly, the 'vmb_addargs' is not a great name, but similar functionality should be added, where the config can just specify a list of packages that should be included.

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[Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)]

Merge proposal:
https://code.launchpad.net/~utlemming/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntu.precise/+merge/83872

[Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)]

On the second point, the next release of the build toolchain uses Package-Lists _and_ a dynamic configuration.

I'm planning on releasing this code after the release of Alpha1.

Example of dynamic configuration (lb_cmd array):
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~utlemming/+junk/automated-ec2-builds.next/view/head:/conf/precise-server.conf

Package lists:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~utlemming/+junk/cloud-images.new/files/head:/package-lists/

Code:
lp:~utlemming/+junk/automated-ec2-builds.next
lp:~utlemming/+junk/cloud-images.new