Re: [openstack-dev] [api] api working group proposed actions guideline needs input

Is there an accepted process for this? And/or does everyone care enough to really weigh in? Some dictionary terms: Task: A piece of work to be done or undertaken. Transition: The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. Action: The fact or process of doing somethin

Re: [openstack-dev] [api] api working group proposed actions guideline needs input

On 01/18/2016 10:05 AM, Michael Krotscheck wrote: Also: I like using the same word for things. Is there a meaningful enough difference between "Actions", "Transitions", and "Tasks", that requires different words? not that i have detected, although i would love hear other opinions on this. i ha

Re: [openstack-dev] [api] api working group proposed actions guideline needs input

There's related work going on in ironic - https://review.openstack.org/#/c/224022/ - it proposes a way by which a user may query the transitions (actions) of the underlying FSM: "Get me all the valid actions/transitions". Other comments on the review. Also

[openstack-dev] [api] api working group proposed actions guideline needs input

In this review: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/234994/ there's a proposal that provides guidance for how to represent certains types of actions against resources in an HTTP API. There's been a fair bit of back and forth between me and the original author without conclusion. It would be g