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[Andrew Clay Shafer <acs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there a good reason NOT to do this?


On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Eric Windisch <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I believe that the RPC backend should no longer have any default.
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> Historically, it seems that the Kombu driver is default only because it
> existed before all others and before there was an abstraction. With
> multiple implementations now available, it may be time for a change.
>
> Why?
> * A default skews the attitudes and subsequent architectures toward a
> specific implementation
>
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> * A default skews the practical testing scenarios, ensuring maturity of
> one driver over others.
> * The kombu driver does not work "out of the box", so it is no more
> reasonable as a default than impl_fake.
> * The RPC code is now in openstack-common, so addressing this later will
> only create additional technical debt.
>
> My proposal is that for Folsom, we introduce a "future_required" flag on
> the configuration option, "rpc_backend". This will trigger a WARNING
> message if the rpc_backend configuration value is not set.  In Grizzly, we
> would make the rpc_backend variable mandatory in the configuration.
>
> Mark McLoughlin wisely suggested this come before the mailing list, as it
> will affect a great many people. I welcome feedback and discussion.
>
> Regards,
> Eric Windisch
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>
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