Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-12 Thread Samuel Marks
Hmm, I would actually go further and rebuild libcloud as a queue-oriented multithreaded multiprocessing asynchronous server. Samuel Marks http://linkedin.com/in/samuelmarks On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:23 PM, John Carr wrote: > On 9 Mar 2018, at 01:18, Jed Smith wrote: > > > > A data-driven appro

Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-09 Thread John Carr
On 9 Mar 2018, at 01:18, Jed Smith wrote: > > A data-driven approach to generating bindings is really, really > interesting. If that ends up being too bold for libcloud, I might help > explore that separately. That’s a really interesting idea. > -J > Here’s a prototype I started working on in 2

Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-08 Thread anthony shaw
Wow, that's a serious thread! I hope you're coming to PyCon Quentin. I'll be there and hard to miss (I carry a 6ft "Python Staff") I happened to bump into both Cory Benfield and Kenneth and picked their brains on some of the thinking for requests 3.0. The design in my email is going to take a yea

Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-08 Thread Quentin Pradet
Thanks Anthony! We do need this kind of discussion. So libcloud right now is an healthy project that continues to improve, mostly with external contributions. Which is nice! However it's difficult for me to keep up with those pull requests, so for any other developments we would need more reviewer

Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-08 Thread anthony shaw
I also want to reiterate that I'm not bashing on the current design. It absolutely serves a purpose, has many happy users and delivers on many of the goals initially set out. But, things have changed hugely in 5 years. -- John >> "primitives for waiting, paginating, retrying, etc" < absolutely.

Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-08 Thread Jed Smith
+ a million to John, and I’m actually in the same boat. I stepped away due to a conflict, though I technically remain on the PMC (it seems). Every time I’ve wanted to come back the current design stops me, and that’s not speaking negatively, just that I have a difficult time approaching mod

Re: [dev] [DISCUSS] Future of Apache Libcloud

2018-03-08 Thread John Carr
Hi Anthony, I used to be an active contributor to libcloud, and am technically still a committer although I don’t think I’ve been active at all since you stepped into the fold. I just wanted to start by saying thanks for your hard work! I fully support your proposal. It will take a while to be