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[Mark Collier <mark.collier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 8/26/11 1:19 PM, "Devin Carlen" <devin.carlen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I've been following the code vs architect debate that's been unfolding
>over the past week or so.  Here are some of the problems I've seen from
>my point of view.  Fundamentally, the process we have now for defining
>API specs is broken.  I don't believe that this can be argued.  The first
>major misstep in my opinion was forcing backwards compatibility with the
>Rackspace API in the OpenStack API.
>
>I believe we should have had a Rackspace API module just like we have an
>EC2 API module.  Then the OpenStack API wouldn't have been burdened by
>the historical decisions around the Rackspace API.
>
>But that is ancient history at this point.
>
>But we have to look at this pragmatically, and realize that 1 year later,
>the OpenStack API (as spec'd) is still not even close to exposing the
>underlying core functionality that exists within Nova.  For the most
>part, the OpenStack API is a subset of functionality of the EC2 API.
>This is a big reason why the Dashboard project used the EC2 API for its
>underlying communication for so long.
>
>There have been a lot of efforts lately to bring the feature set of the
>OpenStack API in line with the EC2 API, and this is admirable.  But this
>has NOT been happening at the architect level.  This has been happening
>at the developer level, and it is being done with API "extensions" which
>make it sound like the feature is somehow not complete or not supported
>fully, because it's not part of the core API.
>
>So the question to all in favor of architecting up front:
>
>How do you explain lacking feature parity with the underlying components
>for over a year now?
>
>
>In my opinion, this has been a big problem in gaining traction around the
>OpenStack API.
>
>
>
>Devin
>
>
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