[chef] knife ec2 plugin

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Hi all - 

With knife's ec2 plugin (which is awesome), I can create and instance from an ami, but I cannot go the other way.

The use case is this:

virgin ubuntu 12.X ami -> knife clone/bootstrap with our product -> create ami from this instance (for consumption elsewhere)

Before I start diving down this rabbit hole, is/was there a reason NOT to do this?  Time? Or was there a technical reason?  Does this feature exist and I don't see it?

Just curious, seems like a good feature to have but don't want to waste a ton of time if there was a technical reason NOT to do this.