From dda70b6d323a8577258a818c95c74425ac7cd3d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Hellings <greg.hellings@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 08:57:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add workflow and README file

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml |  2 +-
 README.box.md              | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 sources/qemu.pkr.hcl       | 11 +++++++++--
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 README.box.md

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b19c68e..c901fdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -exo pipefail
           for vars in distros/*; do
-            ~/bin/packerio validate -var-file=${vars} sources/
+            ~/bin/packerio validate -except=upload -var-file=${vars} sources/
           done
diff --git a/README.box.md b/README.box.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba9155b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.box.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+* Distro: ${distro}
+* Version: ${version}
+* Arch: ${arch}
+* Build: ${build}
+* Date: ${formatdate("DD MMM YYYY", timestamp())}
+* Bugs: [vms](https://github.com/greg-hellings/vms/issues)
+
+A bare-minimum installation of the guest OS. x86_64/amd64 builds are done on
+[Github Actions](https://github.com/greg-hellings/vms/actions) at regular intervals.
+
+If you encounter a bug in the box, please file an issue. If you
+want a newer version of your desired operating system or want to add a distribution to this
+collection, please either file a PR there or open a bug. If you are opening a bug, please provide
+as much information as you can about how an automated installation of your desired distribution
+works.
+
+The goal is to have the bare minimum software to be considered a basic installation of the guest
+OS that is still accessible with Vagrant. Straggling packages or leftover files from the build
+process should be considered as bugs to be filed.
+
+A big shoutout to Github Actions for offering a full VM experience, by default, and generous
+execution times ranging up to 6 hours per task, which allows use of their platform to build
+these boxes with no additional cost to the community.
diff --git a/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl b/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl
index e03c827..02c50fa 100644
--- a/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl
+++ b/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ variable "headless" {
 
 locals {
 	name = "${var.distro}-${var.version}-${var.arch}"
+	build = formatdate("YYYYMMDDhh", timestamp())
+	description = templatefile("../README.box.md", {
+		distro = var.distro
+		arch = var.arch
+		version = var.version
+		build = local.build
+	})
 }
 
 source "qemu" "x86_64" {
@@ -106,8 +113,8 @@ build {
 		post-processor "vagrant-cloud" {
 			name = "upload"
 			box_tag = "greg-hellings/${local.name}"
-			version = "{{isotime \"2006010203\"}}"
-			version_description = templatefile("../README.box.md")
+			version = local.build
+			version_description = local.description
 		}
 	}
 }