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[Ewan Mellor <Ewan.Mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openstack-poc-bounces+ewan.mellor=citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:openstack-poc-
> bounces+ewan.mellor=citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Thierry Carrez
> Sent: 08 September 2011 00:10
> To: openstack-poc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openstack-poc] API compatibility
> 
> Ewan Mellor wrote:
> > I would also add that if we claim that Diablo implements OpenStack
> API 1.1, and there's a doc that calls itself OpenStack API 1.1, then if
> those two things don't match by the time we ship we don't deserve to
> call ourselves professionals and we should all go home.
> >
> > I'm not going to get into arguments about designing the API up front
> vs driving the API from the capabilities of the platform.  I don't care
> why the two things are skewed at the moment.  However, they absolutely
> 100% have to be lined up by the time Diablo is released.
> 
> I think we should prepare to go home :) API gap bugs are regularly
> added
> to the bug tracker and I'm not really sure we are seeing the end of
> them.

At some point, we might lose the race implementing code to match the doc, and then we're going to have start taking stuff out of the doc to match the code instead.  That's fine, it just needs us to be realistic about how much we're going to get done between now and party day.

Ewan.