[openstack-dev] [all] [glance] python namespaces considered harmful to development, lets not introduce more of them

Flavio Percoco flavio at redhat.com
Thu Aug 28 07:35:43 UTC 2014


On 08/27/2014 09:18 PM, James E. Blair wrote:
> Sean Dague <sean at dague.net> writes:
> 
>> On 08/27/2014 11:14 AM, Flavio Percoco wrote:
>>> On 08/27/2014 04:31 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
>>> 1. Do a partial rename and then complete it after the glance migration
>>> is done. If I'm not missing anything, we should be able to do something
>>> like:
>>> 	- Rename the project internally
>>> 	- Release a new version with the new name `glancestore`
>>> 	- Switch glance over to `glancestore`
>>> 	- Complete the rename process with support from infra
>>>
>>> 2. Let this patch land, complete Glance's switch-over using namespaces
>>> and then do the rename all together.
>>>
>>> Do you have any other suggestion that would help avoiding namespaces
>>> without blocking glance.store?
>>
>> I think those are the 2 paths. I think path #1 is completely sane. All
>> it will mean is that the repo name isn't exactly the package name, but I
>> think that's fine. We can take the repo name later in the release cycle.
>> So I'm really pro #1 if you can do that.
> 
> I'm happy to rename the project as early as this Saturday if that is
> convenient.  I expect the system to be quiet enough for that by then.
> 
> It would be helpful if some glance.store folks are around to expedite
> approval of any changes needed as a result of the rename before the rush
> begins again on Monday.

Awesome,

Thank you both for the feedback.

@Jim, I'll try to get everything ready for the rename. I'll first focus
on renaming glance.store internally and release it. After that, I'll
setup everything needed for the rename and let you guys know.

Cheers,
Flavio


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