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[Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 to Vish's proposal

I'd go a step further and suggest  adopt this model for such changes going
forward.

Chris

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On Jul 12, 2012, at 5:40 PM, "Vishvananda Ishaya" <vishvananda@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Jul 12, 2012, at 2:36 PM, David Mortman wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya
> > <vishvananda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Two thoughts:
> >
> > 1) I think this is the wrong forum to poll operators on their
> > preferences in general
> >
> > 2) We don't yet even have a fully laid out set of requirements and
> > steps for how someone would convert or how hard it will be.
> > Historically (with openstack and software in general), it is _always_
> > harder to upgrade then we think it will be. I'm an optimist and I
> > think it will be a disaster...
>
>
> Excellent points. Let me make the following proposal:
>
> 1) Leave the code in nova-volume for now.
> 2) Document and test a clear migration path to cinder.
> 3) Take the working example upgrade to the operators list and ask them
for opinions.
> 4) Decide based on their feedback whether it is acceptable to cut the
nova-volume code out for folsom.
>
> Vish