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On 11/14/2012 12:50 PM, Julien Danjou wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14 2012, Russell Bryant wrote:
> 
>> Is this something we could implement as an extension to the
>> compute REST API, instead?
> 
> That sounds like another option, indeed. But you would still need
> RPC between -api and -compute IIUC.
> 
> Anyway, ss you stated, the problem is that we want to maintain
> some level of compatibility on this. At what layer that should be
> done, RPC or REST, I don't think we really care.
> 
> My point of view at first thought: REST has the advantage of
> openness for clients to access this information freely, whereas RPC
> cuts down a layer of abstraction.
> 
> But I think both would work for us.

Ok, thank you very much for all of the insight!

I'm going to think about this a bit more and then we can continue the
discussion in the thread that Eoghan Glynn just started about the
future of nova and ceilometer interaction.

Thanks again,

-- 
Russell Bryant