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[Armando Migliaccio <Armando.Migliaccio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Errata corrige for point b) 

a pool of developers (not necessarily the first committer) DOES NOT keep the code up to date, AND DOES NOT increase functionality and test coverage (both unit and functional);

:)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:openstack-
> bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Armando Migliaccio
> Sent: 02 February 2012 11:52
> To: Thierry Carrez; openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Nova] Essex dead wood cutting
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, the ESXi support is up to date. There may be
> bugs, but which virt driver is perfect ;)?
> 
> Sateesh may know more, because he is the main contributor/maintainer from
> Citrix.
> 
> However, as Vish pointed out in a previous email, any driver is doomed to rot
> if:
> 
> a) no one is deploying OpenStack using the specific driver, thus unveiling
> potential problems;
> b) a pool of developers (not necessarily the first committer) keep the code up
> to date, increase functionality and test coverage (both unit and functional);
> 
> Clearly both xenapi and libvirt are actively developed and deployed. How about
> vmwareapi? Anyone?
> 
> Let's make sure that vmwareapi is not going to be the next one to bite the
> dust.
> 
> A.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:openstack-
> > bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Thierry Carrez
> > Sent: 02 February 2012 08:53
> > To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Nova] Essex dead wood cutting
> >
> > Thierry Carrez wrote:
> > > Just as Nova enters feature freeze, it sounds like a good moment to
> > > consider removing deprecated, known-buggy-and-unmaintained or useless
> > > feature code from the Essex tree.
> > >
> > > Here are my suggestions for removal:
> > >
> > > - Ajaxterm (unmaintained, security issues, replaced by VNC console)
> > > - Hyper-V support (known broken and unmaintained)
> >
> > While we are at it (and since I'm getting used to press coverage),
> > what's the state of the "VMWareAPI" support ?
> >
> > I knew Hyper-V was not working because bugs were reported against it...
> > but I don't really know how functional vmwareapi actually is.
> >
> > --
> > Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> > Release Manager, OpenStack
> >
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