Trying with --distro ubuntu and --distro-version trusty, but that appears to have the same problem:
$ teuthology-suite --priority 101 --suite rados --subset $(expr $RANDOM % 2000)/2000 --email ncutler@suse.cz --ceph wip-hammer-backports --machine-type smithi -k distro --distro ubuntu --distro-version trusty --dry-run
...
2017-01-13 18:33:53,369.369 INFO:teuthology.suite.run:Suite rados in /home/smithfarm/src/git.ceph.com_ceph-c_wip-hammer-backports/qa/suites/rados generated 112 jobs (not yet filtered)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./virtualenv/bin/teuthology-suite", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('teuthology', 'console_scripts', 'teuthology-suite')()
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/scripts/suite.py", line 138, in main
return teuthology.suite.main(args)
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/suite/__init__.py", line 88, in main
run.prepare_and_schedule()
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/suite/run.py", line 309, in prepare_and_schedule
num_jobs = self.schedule_suite()
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/suite/run.py", line 498, in schedule_suite
self.collect_jobs(arch, configs, self.args.newest)
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/suite/run.py", line 412, in collect_jobs
self.package_versions
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/suite/util.py", line 378, in get_package_versions
distro_version=os_version,
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/suite/util.py", line 266, in package_version_for_hash
sha1=hash,
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/packaging.py", line 841, in __init__
super(ShamanProject, self).__init__(project, job_config, ctx, remote)
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/packaging.py", line 456, in __init__
self._init_from_config()
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/packaging.py", line 491, in _init_from_config
OS.version_codename(self.os_type, self.os_version)
File "/home/smithfarm/teuthology/teuthology/orchestra/opsys.py", line 192, in version_codename
(version_or_codename, name))
KeyError: '14.04 not a centos version or codename'