[openstack-dev] [RFC] Remove nova plugins framework
Thierry Carrez
thierry at openstack.org
Wed Jun 19 09:18:08 UTC 2013
Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> On Wed, 2013年06月19日 at 10:20 +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>> I'd suggest to be a bit careful with that... It's a bit hard to tell
>> whether it's being used, since some parties may take advantage of this
>> plugin framework and we don't really know about them.
>>>> Maybe ask about anyone using those on the general ML ? Can it be
>> "deprecated" in Havana instead of removed ?
>> Well, the implication of that would be oslo.messaging supporting an API
> that we won't need in future.
>> It's not totally clear what our level of support is for external plugins
> like this is. Certainly the API extensions hooks in Nova aren't
> something we've committed to maintaining API stability around.
>> Which means that this interface is unstable. If you were using it in
> Folsom or Grizzly, you have to be prepared for it to change in Havana.
>> And the change isn't actually as big a deal as it sounds even for people
> who may we using it - you just register your API extensions via the
> osapi_compute_extension config option and your notification driver via
> the notification_driver config option. There's a very clear migration
> path.
Fair enough. I would still give a heads-up on the general list to give a
chance to our massive plugin community to show up and complain... but I
agree that it sounds like a good idea.
--
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
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