+1 to implement this using a named flag.

Let me test it too, within a day.

@rene Thanks for committing this however it would be very nice if the "Sponsored by" line would be honored when committing. This was sponsored work.

In D48959#1116559, @freebsd_igalic.co wrote:

re commit message:

cloud-init no longer depends on boto since 0.7.5 [1][2], released in
Apr 2014 so it should not be deprecated.

0.7.5 wasn't released last year. that's just when the tag was imported from bazaar into Github.
it was released eleven years ago: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/0.7.5-0ubuntu1