----- Original Message ----- > Assaf Muller <amul...@redhat.com> writes: > > > Hello everyone, > > Hi Assaf, > > > The use_namespaces option in the L3 and DHCP Neutron agents controls if you > > can create multiple routers and DHCP networks managed by a single L3/DHCP > > agent, > > or if the agent manages only a single resource. > > > > Are the setups out there *not* using the use_namespaces option? I'm curious > > as > > to why, and if it would be difficult to migrate such a setup to use > > namespaces. > > > > I'm asking because use_namespaces complicates Neutron code for what I > > gather > > is an option that has not been relevant for years. I'd like to deprecate > > the option > > for Kilo and remove it in Liberty. > > I'm not clear what you're proposing. After the option is removed, will > the code always behave as it used to when use_namespaces was False, or > as when it was True?
I'm sorry, I should have specified: I propose to remove the option and keep the default behavior, which is True. > > FWIW, my project Calico [1] uses a modified Neutron DHCP agent, where > the behaviour for use_namespaces = False is closer to what we need. So > we effectively arrange to ignore the use_namespaces setting, and behave > as though it was False [2]. > > However, that isn't the only change we need, and it's also not clear > that patching the Neutron DHCP agent in this way (or looking at > upstreaming such a patch) will be our long term approach. Hence this > case probably shouldn't be a significant one for deciding on your > proposal. > > Regards, > Neil > > [1] http://www.projectcalico.org/ > [2] > https://github.com/Metaswitch/calico-neutron/commit/af2f613368239e2a86b6312bae6e5e70a53d1396 > __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
