Brian Waldon wrote: > I could use some more clarification on what you would like to see. What > do you mean by "recent versions"? How long should a minor version of the > OS API be supported in future releases? Should we even expose minor > versions as separate endpoints?
I have no idea what would be acceptable. Amazon seems to still support 2007-era APIs... I guess we could use a deprecation mechanism to get rid of very old API versions (discourage their use before getting rid of them) > Personally, I do not feel it necessary to expose minor versions with the > understanding that they do not break backwards compatibility. Right. > Currently > OS API v1.0 and v1.1 may seem like minor versions of the same spec, but > they are actually major versions masquerading as such. This fact makes > it difficult to support both versions given the current codebase. > Really, we should define these as v1 and v2, and develop them > side-by-side within the current nova/api/ directory (while sharing as > much common code as possible). I understand why it's easier to support only one... I just want to make sure that's what we wanted to do, since I thought otherwise. Hopefully someone with a longer history in the project than me will chime in :) -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) Release Manager, OpenStack _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
