Re: [Openstack] I18n issue for OpenStack

2012-04-12 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1It is important that we distinguish between those who might contribute to the development of OpenStack, who often have advancedlanguage skills, as contrasted with those who might be asked to operate a cloud based on OpenStack. While it may be that the languageof open source development is

Re: [Openstack] search on the mailing list

2012-06-01 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Could we get these links added to the splash onhttps://launchpad.net/openstack? I'm sure this is a rather common problem.e.g.:Mailing list - openstack@lists.launchpad.net -seehttps://launchpad.net/~openstackto join - searchable archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/openstack@lists.launchpad.net/

Re: [Openstack] search on the mailing list

2012-06-01 Thread Christopher B Ferris
@lists.launchpad.net wrote: -To: openstack@lists.launchpad.netFrom: Stefano Maffulli <stef...@openstack.org>Sent by: openstack-bounces+chrisfer=us.ibm@lists.launchpad.netDate: 06/01/2012 12:23PMSubject: Re: [Openstack] search on the mailing listOn 06/01/2012 04:21 AM, Christopher B Ferris wrote: Could

Re: [Openstack] Comparing roles - case (in)sensitivity

2012-06-08 Thread Christopher B Ferris
case-insensitive - why would 'Admin' and 'admin' be different? Sure, a role is represented by a string, but why does that string need to be case sensitive?I'd think that if you had distinct roles attributed to 'Admin' and 'admin' that that would lead to confusion.Cheers,Christopher FerrisIBM

Re: [Openstack] [keystone] v3 API draft (update and questions to the community)

2012-06-13 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1 Ideally I'd like to see an OpenStack API feature contract of some sort... essentially a document describing the FULL list of features, how those parameters are controlled and how they would interact, and what a project should do if they do not implement an API feature (hopefully only for

[Openstack] WADL [was: v3 API draft (update and questions to the community)]

2012-06-15 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1Over-reliance on WADL will only make it more challenging to gracefully evolve the APIs such that implementations can be forwards and/or backwards compatible, especially when exchanging XML based on an XSD that is not carefully crafted with proper extensibility points incorporated throughout the

Re: [Openstack] [metering] Cinder usage data retrieval

2012-06-21 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Probably not important on a privatecloud deployment, but certainly important in the public cloud space.Actually, I'd say it is equally important in a private cloud context as public. Just because the cloud is behind a firewall does not mean it does not need to be secured as carefully as if it were

Re: [Openstack] Adding docs gating jobs?

2012-06-28 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1 Chris Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Anne Gentle a...@openstack.org wrote: Sounds good to me. Mo working doc builds, mo betta. Anne Gentle Content Stacker a...@openstack.org On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Monty Taylor mord...@inaugust.com wrote: Hey guys! We

Re: [Openstack] best practices for merging common into specific projects

2012-07-02 Thread Christopher B Ferris
-openstack-bounces+chrisfer=us.ibm@lists.launchpad.net wrote: - To: andrewbog...@gmail.com andrewbog...@gmail.com, Andrew Bogott abog...@wikimedia.org, openstack openstack@lists.launchpad.net From: Joshua Harlow Sent by: openstack-bounces+chrisfer=us.ibm@lists.launchpad.net

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack G naming poll

2012-07-05 Thread Christopher B Ferris
-1 Gazelle seems to carry more of the characteristics we would want (nimble, quick). Grizzly carries rather grim connotations of mauling, lumbering, and having a rather nasty disposition. I would not want that in a cloud. Also, as an adjective, grizzly means 'showing characteristics of age,

Re: [Openstack] best practices for merging common into specific projects

2012-07-05 Thread Christopher B Ferris
-openstack-bounces+chrisfer=us.ibm@lists.launchpad.net wrote: - To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net From: Monty Taylor  [snip] So honestly, I'd say the real key is getting us closer to the point where openstack-common is a proper library, because all of the rest of the complexity is

Re: [Openstack] Compressed image support ?

2012-07-09 Thread Christopher B Ferris
John Postlethwait wrote: ... Also, you need to make sure you are linking DIRECTLY to the image itself, as if it is a redirect or any other HTTP response besides the file, Glance will still create an image out of it and it will seem to have worked. Sometimes you can even launch said instances that

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-11 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1 Chris Sent from my iPad On Jul 11, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Sean Dague sda...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: Before we completely pile on option 1, can we get devstack changed to run this way? I think the amount of pain / ease that transition is for users and the OpenStack CI team will greatly

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-11 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Just to be clear, I was +1 ing Sean's point that we should get sme experience behind this before pulling the plug. Chris Sent from my iPad On Jul 11, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Sean Dague sda...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: Before we completely pile on option 1, can we get devstack changed to run this

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread Christopher B Ferris
This level of response is unnecessary. That said, the perspectives which influenced the decision seemed somewhat weighted to the development community. I could be wrong, but I did not see much input from the operations community as to the impact. Clearly, going forward, we want to be more

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-13 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1 to Vish's proposal I'd go a step further and suggest adopt this model for such changes going forward. Chris Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya vishvana...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 12, 2012, at 2:36 PM, David Mortman wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:38

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-13 Thread Christopher B Ferris
This is exactly the sort of interaction we need between the two perspectives of the OpenStack community. Thanks Chris Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Joe Topjian joe.topj...@cybera.ca wrote: Hello, I'm not an OpenStack developer nor any type of developer. I am, however,

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-13 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:41 AM, Blake Yeager blake.yea...@gmail.com wrote: snip I am excited to see such passion from the community but we need to make sure that passion is directed in a constructive manner. +1 Chris___ Mailing

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-16 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Speaking of the User Committee as proposed in the draft governance docs, I can certainly see value in having the committee chair chosen by the board. However, as currently proposed, there is a convoluted process for appointing the representatives of the committee. Frankly, if you want to give a

Re: [Openstack] Default reply to behavior for mailing list

2012-08-01 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Thierry Carrez wrote:[snip] As such IMHO we should leave it as it is.Especially since Launchpad-based MLs don't give us the option tochangethat behavior anyway :)LMAO! TouchéCheers,Christopher FerrisIBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Industry and Cloud StandardsMember, IBM Academy of TechnologyIBM

Re: [Openstack] [glance] legacy client removal and python-glanceclient

2012-08-01 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Gabriel Hurley wrote:As a rule of thumb, we need to start doing proper deprecation on allpublic interfaces, whether that's a CLI, client method signatures,APIs, etc. It's a little late for this on the old vs. new glanceclient/CLI (unless Brian feels the work can be reasonably done tomake them

Re: [Openstack] best practices for merging common into specific projects

2012-08-02 Thread Christopher B Ferris
+1Cheers,Christopher FerrisIBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Industry and Cloud StandardsMember, IBM Academy of TechnologyIBM Software Group, Standards Strategyemail: chris...@us.ibm.comTwitter: christo4ferrisphone: +1 508 234 2986-openstack-bounces+chrisfer=us.ibm@lists.launchpad.net wrote:

Re: [Openstack] [openstack-dev] [nova] Call for Help -- OpenStack API XML Support

2012-08-09 Thread Christopher B Ferris
Has anyone surveyed those subscribed to openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org list for usage? While imperfect, at least it would be asking the constituency that might be most affected. You might also consider asking whether they would prefer JSON or XML, regardless of what they use today.I