I've left some comments/corrections in this document re: pecan and what is supports.
On 12/03/14 07:58 PM, Nikolay Markov wrote: > A month or two ago I started gathering differencies between Flask and > Pecan, let's take a look at technical details. Maybe there are some > things that are already fixed in current versions of Pecan, feel free > to comment. > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QR7YphyfN64m-e9b5rKC_U8bMtx4zjfW943BfLTqTao/edit?usp=sharing > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Nikolay Markov <nmar...@mirantis.com> wrote: > >> However, the OpenStack community is also about a shared set of tools, > >> development methodologies, and common perspectives. > > > > I completely agree with you, Jay, but the same principle may be > > applied much wider. Why Openstack Community decided to use its own > > unstable project instead of existing solution, which is widely used in > > Python community? To avoid being a team player? Or, at least, why it's > > recommended way even if it doesn't provide the same features other > > frameworks have for a long time already? I mean, there is no doubt > > everyone would use stable and technically advanced tool, but imposing > > everyone to use it by force with a simple hope that it'll become > > better from this is usually a bad approach. > > > > I personally would surely contribute to Pecan in case we decide to use > > it and there will be some gaps and uncovered cases. I'm just curious, > > does it worth it? > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 12/03/2014 10:16 AM, Nikolay Markov wrote: > >>> > >>> It would be great to look at some obvious points where Pecan is better > >>> than Flask despite of the fact that it's used by the community. I > >>> still don't see a single and I don't think the principle "jump from > >>> the cliff if everyone does" works well in such cases. > >> > >> > >> This is part of why the Fuel development team is viewed as not working with > >> the OpenStack community in many ways. The Fuel team is doing a remarkable > >> job in changing previously-all-internal-to-Mirantis communication patterns > >> to instead be on a transparent basis in the mailing lists and on IRC. I > >> sincerely applaud the Fuel team for that. > >> > >> However, the OpenStack community is also about a shared set of tools, > >> development methodologies, and common perspectives. It's expected that when > >> you have an OpenStack REST API project, that you try to use the tools that > >> the shared community uses, builds, and supports. Otherwise, you aren't > >> being > >> a team player. > >> > >> In the past, certain teams have chosen to use something other than Pecan > >> due > >> to technical reasons. For example, Zaqar's team chose to use the Falcon > >> framework instead of the Pecan framework. Zaqar, like Swift, is a data API, > >> not a control API, and raw performance is critical to the project's API > >> endpoint). This is, incidentally, why the Swift team chose to use its swob > >> framework over Webob (which Pecan uses). > >> > >> However, the reason that these were chosen was definitely not "it doesn't > >> support the coding patterns I like". There's something that comes from > >> being > >> a team player. And one of those things is "going with the flow" when there > >> isn't a real technical reason not to. All of us can and do find things we > >> don't like about *all* of the projects that we work on. The difference > >> between team players and non-team players is that team players strongly > >> weigh their decisions and opinions based on what the team is doing and how > >> the team can improve. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> -jay > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenStack-dev mailing list > >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Nick Markov > > > > -- > Best regards, > Nick Markov > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Ryan Petrello Senior Developer, DreamHost ryan.petre...@dreamhost.com _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev