Re: RFC: EC2 "pre-patched" AMIs

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 11:16:02AM -0800, Colin Percival wrote:
> > 
> > short answer the paths seem reasonable to me, although i tend to prefer
> > explicit paths rather than "/latest" just to remove all doubt as to what
> > version i should expect.
> 
> Right, I went with this plan, whereby you can launch .../latest to get the
> latest version, or .../p<number> to get that particular patchlevel.
> 
nice!

> > I am not a fan of how AWS implemented SSM, and the tooling is pretty
> > awkward as well imho.  it would be super handy to have a page listing
> > all of the AMI's available in an easy to parse method.
> 
> Good idea.  Which would be more useful, a single large page listing lots of
> AMIs, or a search form?
>
i personally like the way that Alma linux did it in their wiki.  having a table with the AMI's listed is easier for me, but either would be sweet.  i may take a stab at automating this on my end if i end up with any cycles one of these days.

-pete