Hi Zack,

Just to make this clear, we would have both packages:

org.jclouds.openstack.neutron.v2_0.*
org.jclouds.openstack.neutron.v2.*

... and then deprecate the v2_0 one in 1.8, to be removed in jclouds 2.0?
WDYT?

/jd

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Zack Shoylev <[email protected]>wrote:

> I would hold off on separate renaming PRs and here is why:
>
> One of the best ways to deprecate the existing neutron implementation is
> to deprecate it while having an alternative namespace with the refactored
> one. (deprecate and and add the refactored neutron in the same commit).  So
> this would be my suggestion.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jeremy Daggett [[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 12:23 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: neutron refactoring - breaking changes
>
> Hi Zack,
>
> I feel that we should also change the Java package namespace as a part of
> this refactoring.  It does not follow the standard OpenStack API naming
> convention and their additive progression from API release to release.
>
> All OpenStack APIs should be referenced with a major version only: "v2"
> versus "v2_0"
>
> That said, I suggest that we do this refactoring now, to unify the
> OpenStack version numbers across jclouds.  The package namespace should
> change from:
>
> "org.jclouds.openstack.neutron.v2_0" -> "org.jclouds.openstack.neutron.v2"
>
> In my experience with the APIs over the past several years, "v2_0" doesn't
> really mean anything to me and it ties the implementation to a specific
> version. APIs are additive, so "v2.2" is still the "v2" API with new
> features/additions.
>
> I would be more than happy to submit a PR to make this happen. We also
> should do this with the other incubating Glance APIs and any future work
> with OpenStack.
>
> Comments, questions, concerns?
>
> /jd
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Zack Shoylev <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> There is a list of proposed changes to refactor neutron in
> jclouds-labs-openstack as detailed here:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04477.html
>
> I would like to hear back from users who are currently using the API - is
> this something we should or should not be doing? The problem is that we do
> not have a "happy" deprecation path for these changes. One good suggestion
> I've heard so far was to deprecate in 1.7 and put the breaking changes in
> 1.8.
>
> Thanks!
> Zack
>
>

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