* Dan Wendlandt ([email protected]) wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > * Dan Wendlandt ([email protected]) wrote: > > > I'm concerned about a need to support python 2.4 as well, especially if > > it > > > would have a ripple effect into openstack-common, which otherwise does > > not > > > have that requirement. > > > > I am too. Is this still open, or did we reach some consensus? The > > discussion on the list seems to have died out. > > We actually talked about this at the quantum team meeting last week.
Cool, thanks for the update. > Current status seems to be: > - we're OK enforcing 2.4 coding standards for agent code in the quantum > repo, so long as it does not become onerous (currently this is mainly a > matter of simple things like not using "as" or "with") > - the bigger question is around code from other repos that may be pulled > in, particularly openstack-common. Its unclear if those projects can be > kept 2.4 clean, this may well prove substantially more onerous than just > keeping quantum agent code clean (perhaps those requiring 2.4 can help with > that). Right, this is why I brought it up. The common.cfg blueprint, for example. > - another option is to avoid running the agents on dom0 all together and > instead use the "service-vm" that is already used in xenserver deployments > to run nova-compute. There are a couple options here, including a > suggestion from rkukura to potentially utilize the rootwrap functionality > so that the "agent" could run in the service-vm, but dispatch calls to > dom0. > > mnewby has been leading the effort to maintain XenServer support and he has > been out this week (and will be out next as well, I think), so I think > exploring those options may have to wait a week unless someone else wants > to drive. I see. I'm inclined to see it as distro support (read: patch and maintain customizations downstream). But if Maru is up for the work and it's not blocking other efforts... thanks, -chris _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
