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[Alan Pevec <apevec@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:50 PM, James E. Blair <corvus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> If this kind of config file change is likely to be a common problem,
> here is another way we could handle it: change devstack to use the
> sample config file from the nova repository instead of the one in
> devstack.  Have devstack copy it into place and perform variable
> replacement on the specifics (like the admin token).  That makes
> devstack a little simpler, and keeps the simple case of a tightly
> integrated change of a component and its config file within the same
> repo.

That sounds like an excellent idea!
Besides solving this issue, simpler devstack would also be easier to
add support for other distributions.

Thanks,
Alan