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Re: [GLANCE] Proposal: Combine the "container_format" and "disk_format" fields in 2.0 Images API

To: Jay Pipes <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx>
From: Lorin Hochstein <lorin@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:32:29 -0500
Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Dec 1, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Jay Pipes wrote:

> What do people think of this proposal to combine the two into a single
> "format" field?

I think it's a good idea. When I was trying to figure out how to migrate the glance-upload examples to "glance add", I found it confusing that there were two different format fields that needed to be set. Simplifying the UI will make it easier on the users.

Lorin
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[GLANCE] Proposal: Combine the "container_format" and "disk_format" fields in 2.0 Images API
From: Jay Pipes, 2011-12-01