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Re: [Openstack] proposal for policy around and management of client libraries

To: Monty Taylor <mordred@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Caitlin Bestler <Caitlin.Bestler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:25:29 +0000
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Cc: "openstack-poc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <openstack-poc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Joe Heck <Joe.Heck@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: [Openstack] proposal for policy around and management of client libraries

Monty Taylor wrote:

> OpenStack projects that need to depend on these will reference the git repo of the project in their
> tools/pip-requires file. This should take care of depends for developers. Normal installation depends
> can be taken care of by distro packagers as usual.

Why would an openstack project *need* to reference a client library of another openstack project?

Wouldn't requiring openstack projects to rely on the REST API of other projects eliminate a whole mess
of release dependencies?

Follow ups

Re: [Openstack] proposal for policy around and management of client libraries
From: Dolph Mathews, 2011-11-07
Re: [Openstack] proposal for policy around and management of client libraries
From: Jay Pipes, 2011-11-07
Re: [Openstack] proposal for policy around and management of client libraries
From: Joseph Heck, 2011-11-07

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proposal for policy around and management of client libraries
From: Monty Taylor, 2011-11-07