CC'ing openstack-dev since that is a more appropriate list for this discussion.
On 08/08/2012 04:35 PM, Eric Windisch wrote: > I believe that the RPC backend should no longer have any default. I disagree and my reason is fairly straight-forward. Changing the default will break existing configurations. The benefits must outweight that. I don't see enough benefit to outweigh any inconvenience to users. > Historically, it seems that the Kombu driver is default only because it > existed before all others and before there was an abstraction. With multiple > implementations now available, it may be time for a change. > > Why? > * A default skews the attitudes and subsequent architectures toward a > specific implementation > > > * A default skews the practical testing scenarios, ensuring maturity of one > driver over others. I don't think these are true. > * The kombu driver does not work "out of the box", so it is no more > reasonable as a default than impl_fake. My issue is that existing configuration files and configuration examples are broken by this change. I also don't understand why having a default that doesn't work for anyone makes any sense. > * The RPC code is now in openstack-common, so addressing this later will only > create additional technical debt. I don't feel that it's something that ever *needs* to be addressed, so it's not technical debt. -- Russell Bryant _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
