+1 to cleanup. -- dims
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Monty Taylor <mord...@inaugust.com> wrote: > On 11/24/2014 12:36 PM, Lance Bragstad wrote: >> We are in the process of removing XML support from Keystone [1] and have >> provided >> configuration options to Tempest for testing XML in older releases [2]. >> However, the >> identity client is still tightly coupled to XML test cases. We can either >> fix the 309 test cases >> that use the XML identity client or let those cases be removed from >> Tempest. I'd like to let this >> air out a bit before I start fixing the identity client XML issues, in case >> XML testing is completely >> removed from Tempest. > > I fully support and am excited about removing the xml api support. > >> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/125738/ >> [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/127641/ >> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/130874/ >> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/126564/ >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 11/24/2014 08:56 AM, Sean Dague wrote: >>> >>>> Having XML payloads was never a universal part of OpenStack services. >>>> During the Icehouse release the TC declared that being an OpenStack >>>> service requires having a JSON REST API. Projects could do what they >>>> wanted beyond that. Lots of them deprecated and have been removing the >>>> XML cruft since then. >>>> >>>> Tempest is a tool to test the OpenStack API. OpenStack hasn't had an XML >>>> API for a long time. >>>> >>>> Given that current branchless Tempest only supports as far back as >>>> Icehouse anyway, after these changes were made, I'd like to propose that >>>> all the XML code in Tempest should be removed. If a project wants to >>>> support something else beyond a JSON API that's on that project to test >>>> and document on their own. >>>> >>>> We've definitively blocked adding new XML tests in Tempest anyway, but >>>> getting rid of the XML debt in the project will simplify it quite a bit, >>>> make it easier for contributors to join in, and seems consistent with >>>> the direction of OpenStack as a whole. >>>> >>> >>> But Sean, without XML support, we will lose all of our enterprise >>> customers! >>> >>> -jay >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Davanum Srinivas :: https://twitter.com/dims _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
