Actually to extend this, Novaclient is used for zone communication inside of nova. It not being included is silly, at this point
On 9/12/11 1:37 PM, "Jay Pipes" <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Matt Dietz <matt.di...@rackspace.com> >wrote: >> Regarding novaclient, I was debating this myself last night. Our >>backfire >> suite currently uses it. However, I can see scenarios where nova has >> advanced but novaclient has yet to, and because all three projects are >> independently developed, we're stuck temporarily. > >This, I believe, is a problem. novaclient is currently the only client >that isn't in the core project itself. Can we discuss pulling >novaclient into Nova's source tree at the design summit? > >> I can see utility in >> tests specifically for Novaclient, and ones that use a built in client >>(as >> the suite that Soren provided currently does.) > >Sure. This is actually something that Glance's functional test suite >does. It uses httplib2 as a direct HTTP client and uses bin/glance to >test the supplied Glance client. > >> Also, Backfire uses a module Kevin Mitchell wrote named Dtest that >> actually provides a lot of that same functionality you mention, Tim. It >> also gives you the ability to spawn the tests individually in >>greenthreads >> so they execute in parallel. We got push back when we initially tried to >> merge our tests into Nova, partially because it uses a 3rd party library >> for executing the tests. We can try merging these things together, if >> that's what everyone wants. > >I'd be totally cool with bringing DTest goodness into >https://github.com/sorenh/openstack-integration-tests. :) > >Less duplication of effort, the better IMHO. >openstack-integration-tests should be in the business of writing >integration tests, not multi-processing testing libraries. > >-jay This email may include confidential information. If you received it in error, please delete it. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp