> I would like to realize moving swift_middleware.py from the ceilometer > package to > the ceilometerclient package. For me it is very difficult to convince users > of > installing the ceilometer package on Proxy Nodes for just using the swift > middleware > because of maintenance costs. Operators in users must check security patches > for > installed packages on Proxy Nodes even if these are not used on the nodes. this idea sounds so familiar. i feel like i may have tried to move this in the past but gave up. i actually prefer having the middleware reside in ceilometerclient... it really doesn't make sense for the entire ceilometer package to be pulled in for just a middleware although i feel like that might require the oslo.messaging feature as well could you create a spec[1] and we can maybe hash out idea there. [1]https://github.com/openstack/ceilometer-specs cheers,gord
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