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Re: OpenStack API v1.0 Removal from Nova

 

I think the arguments for removing 1.0 are sound.   Lets nuke it!

Vish

On Oct 12, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Gabe Westmaas wrote:

> On 10/12/11 9:22 AM, "Jay Pipes" <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Gabe Westmaas
>> <gabe.westmaas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I definitely get why developers working on the code base are in favor of
>>> this, especially for reasons 3 and 4 below.  However, there are a couple
>>> of reasons that it might make sense to keep it, and I'd really like to
>>> hear from a different demographic, if at all possible.
>>> 
>>> First, I'd like to hear from anyone that has nova deployed, whether its
>>> public or private.  Are you using the 1.0 API?  I know its not complete,
>>> but you can definitely use it to do all the basics.  I can say Rackspace
>>> is not, but we may not be the typical case.
>> 
>> But, if someone is deploying on OpenStack 1.0 APIs, that means that
>> they can just continue to use the version of OpenStack that they are
>> using. I think the decision has been made already that no changes will
>> be made to the 1.0 API in the future and so the code is essentially
>> frozen. Unless someone is going to commit to maintaining a version of
>> Nova that has the 1.0 API with bug fixes specifically to the 1.0 API,
>> I think the only path forward for those deployers is either to update
>> to the 1.1+ API or stay on the same version of Nova that they are
>> currently on.
>> 
>> Either way, removing the 1.0 API stuff as Waldon is suggesting won't
>> really make a difference, right?
> 
> I don't think that quite applies, because you might get bug fixes for
> things unrelated to 1.0 in new versions of nova if we did keep it in the
> code base.
> 
> Of course if, as George says, no one is using it, then the point is moot.
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