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[Kiall Mac Innes <kiall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Marton Kiss <marton.kiss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> My experience that success depends on proper OS environment and
> openstack component configuration.
>

Yup - I've also found from #openstack that anytime anybody attempts method
A, then method B without a complete operating system re-install, things go
haywire.

Don't get me wrong, its more than possible to switch methods without a
re-install.. But people often expect "apt-get purge nova" to remove
everything, forgetting about packages like "python-nova".

Or, they run "python setup.py install" and forget to clear everything out
of /usr/local before attempting a package install..

I'm hoping with the 12.04 and Essex releases, non-developers needing to use
DevStack or git clones will be a thing of the past.. An unscientific
estimate of mine is, over 50% of the people asking for help on #openstack
are due to having multiple copies, and often versions of the components
installed. Usually caused by using mix of devstack, random git-clones, and
native package installs.

0.02c...

Kiall