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[Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the clarification - the latest review copy of the install
guide has force_dhcpelease=True in the nova.conf file. When I tested
the nova.conf the old way, it didn't work anyway, so great catch!

Anne

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Tom Fifield <fifieldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Speaking as someone who's deployed OpenStack and had a lot of fun with the
> negation, I agree with you on Format #1, especially as the 'default value'
> can be made clearer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 06/01/2012 02:18 AM, Lorin Hochstein wrote:
>>
>> The config files (helpfully?) support two different formats for
>> specifying boolean flags:
>>
>>
>> Format 1:
>>
>> force_dhcpelease=True
>> force_dhcpelease=False
>>
>>
>> Format 2:
>>
>> force_dhcpelease
>> noforce_dhcpelease
>>
>>
>> I think we should standardize on one of these conventions for the docs
>> (with a note in the docs about the alternate construction).
>>
>> I vote for the =True/False because it's more explicit and consistent
>> with the other flags.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Lorin
>> --
>> Lorin Hochstein
>> Lead Architect - Cloud Services
>> Nimbis Services, Inc.
>> www.nimbisservices.com <https://www.nimbisservices.com/>
>>
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