[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-08-06 Thread Julian Edwards
stunning-cabbage gets my vote as a host name any day. Next, awesome- tomato, fantastic-potato and magnificent-peach. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287224 Title:

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-08-06 Thread Adolfo Jayme
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[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-08-05 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
We had a discussion with sabdfl at the cloud sprint this week, and in fact, he is 100% behind this change. See this branch: lp:~kirkland/maas/1287224 revno: 2652 fixes bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1287224 committer: Dustin Kirkland dustin.kirkl...@gmail.com branch nick: maas timestamp: Tue

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-08-05 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
** Changed in: maas Status: Opinion = In Progress ** Changed in: maas Assignee: (unassigned) = Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-08-05 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
You can find a representative sample at http://paste.ubuntu.com/7963780/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287224 Title: MAAS random generated hostnames are not

Re: [Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-14 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
Whaddayaknow... A list of adjectives and nouns :-) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames#Code_Name_Suggestions I can cull through those a bit and whittle those down a bit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas

Re: [Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-09 Thread Julian Edwards
On Friday 07 Mar 2014 21:35:05 you wrote: While I can grant most of your points, Dave and Julian, for some deployments of MAAS (or even other clouds), there are plenty of cases where random machine names are not very user friendly. As a compromise, what if this were a configurable option, in

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-07 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
While I can grant most of your points, Dave and Julian, for some deployments of MAAS (or even other clouds), there are plenty of cases where random machine names are not very user friendly. As a compromise, what if this were a configurable option, in the MAAS configuration? Something like: HOST

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-06 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
** Summary changed: - MAAS does not have pronounceable machine names + MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287224

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-06 Thread Dustin Kirkland 
@Gavin, +1 on removing profanity. This bug is not as much about creating memorable machine names. It's just about creating machine names that one can pronounce. It's really hard and ugly to say, Hey Gavin, can you SSH into sdfknz? Versus, Hey Gavin, can you check port 80 on sidewalls? It's

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-06 Thread Dave Walker
Whilst this seems like a reasonably good idea for small deployments and demo, it doesn't really add value to the larger picture of hyperscale IMO. It steers towards treating the machines as pets, rather than cattle. It's harder to kill a node named cutekitten, than sa47ghs. Try it. :) .. nodes

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-06 Thread Julian Edwards
Also, FWIW, I've worked in banks in London where all the machine names are most definitely not pronounceable! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287224 Title: MAAS random

[Bug 1287224] Re: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable

2014-03-06 Thread Julian Edwards
I am with Dave on this. We aim to have 100s of thousands of machines in MAAS's realm at some point; pronounceable names have never been brought up before and I can't see what advantage it brings to cloud-like resources. If someone is *desperate* for a pronounceable name in MAAS, there is