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Add eLxr official WSL image to the distribution manifest#14022

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Update DistributionInfo.json to add "eLxr" section to "ModenDistributions". This commit adds eLxr to the Microsoft WSL's official distribution manifest, allowing users to pull and install it in an automated way (wsl --install eLxr).

eLxr WSL files are released at https://gitlab.com/elxr/debian/WSL/-/releases, the url is from there. sha256 is from https://gitlab.com/elxr/debian/WSL/-/packages/50799869

eLxr is from Wind River and Wind River is on the linux-distros list.
https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros#linux-distribution-security-contacts-list

  • Closes: Add eLxr official WSL image to the distribution manifest #13996
  • Communication: I've discussed this with core contributors already. If work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
  • Tests: Added/updated if needed and all pass
  • Localization:All end user facing strings can be localized
  • Dev docs: Added/updated if needed

Test result:
eLxr WSL can be installed successfully:

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Add eLxr official WSL image to the distribution manifest
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Update DistributionInfo.json to add "eLxr" section to "ModenDistributions".
This commit adds eLxr to the Microsoft WSL's official distribution manifest,
allowing users to pull and install it in an automated way (`wsl --install eLxr`).
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LGTM, thank you for doing this !

One minor comment is that the distro currently has the console-getty.service & getty@*.service enabled at boot, which aren't useful in WSL so I'd recommend disabling them.

Feel free to do this in this PR, or as a followup in the next version update though.

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Merging now, feel free to publish a followup PR for the above comment

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Update DistributionInfo.json to add "eLxr" section to "ModenDistributions". This commit adds eLxr to the Microsoft WSL's official distribution manifest, allowing users to pull and install it in an automated way (wsl --install eLxr).

eLxr WSL files are released at https://gitlab.com/elxr/debian/WSL/-/releases, the url is from there. sha256 is from https://gitlab.com/elxr/debian/WSL/-/packages/50799869

eLxr is from Wind River and Wind River is on the linux-distros list. https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros#linux-distribution-security-contacts-list

  • Closes: Add eLxr official WSL image to the distribution manifest #13996
  • Communication: I've discussed this with core contributors already. If work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
  • Tests: Added/updated if needed and all pass
  • Localization:All end user facing strings can be localized
  • Dev docs: Added/updated if needed

Test result: eLxr WSL can be installed successfully:

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